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Lavender Villa

Grosvenor Villas, Lightfoot Street, Chester, CH2 3AD · Cheshire West and Chester · North West

40 beds · operated by Barker Care Limited

CQC overall rating
Requires improvement6 Nov 2021rating 3+ yrs old

Diligence verdict

Rated Requires improvement overall, and the rating is 4 years old, and 1 of this operator's 7 rated homes are below Good.

Below Good on
SafeRequires improvement6 Nov 2021rating 3+ yrs old
Well-ledRequires improvement6 Nov 2021rating 3+ yrs old
Age of rating
4 years old — published 6 Nov 2021. CQC has not re-inspected since; a re-inspection could move it in either direction.
Operator's wider portfolio
1 of 7 of Barker Care Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate.

Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

The five key questions

Key questionRatingPublished
SafeRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old6 Nov 2021
EffectiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old6 Nov 2021
CaringGoodrating 3+ yrs old6 Nov 2021
ResponsiveGoodrating 3+ yrs old6 Nov 2021
Well-ledRequires improvementrating 3+ yrs old6 Nov 2021

Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

Same operator — 8 other locations

Other active services registered to Barker Care Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.

NameOverall rating (published)Local authority
Arbour WalkGood28 Oct 2021rating 3+ yrs oldBristol, City of
Arlington GroveNot yet ratedSouth Gloucestershire
Bluebell VillaNot yet ratedCheshire West and Chester
Cedar Park Nursing HomeGood12 Apr 2023rating 3+ yrs oldBath and North East Somerset
Eden Mansions Nursing HomeGood2 Dec 2025Cheshire East
Orchid VillaGood14 Apr 2022rating 3+ yrs oldCheshire West and Chester
Rose VillaGood15 Jul 2022rating 3+ yrs oldCheshire West and Chester
St Teresa's Nursing HomeGood13 Jul 2023Bath and North East Somerset

Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC

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Provenance & registration
Registered with CQC
15 Apr 2019
Beds
40
Sector
Social Care Org
On CQC’s site
cqc.org.uk/location/1-6739393864

Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.