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Priory Lodge
ResidentialColchester, Essex · CO1 2QE
CQC: Requires improvementUnder 65sMental health20 beds
Residential care homeCQC: Requires improvement
Lychgate House
Colchester, Essex, CO3 4RE
Key details
- Address
- 145 Shrub End Road, Colchester, Essex, CO3 4RE
- Telephone
- 01206500074
- Care provided
- Residential home
- CQC rating
- CQC: Requires improvementreport published 31 May 2023
- Beds
- 16
- CQC registered since
- 2021
- Operated by
- Lychgate House Care Limited
- Local authority
- Essex
- CQC record
- View on cqc.org.uk
How it compares locally
97
registered homes in Colchester
78/89
local rated homes Good or Outstanding
16
beds, local median 10
This overall rating was published about 3 years ago. Read the current CQC record for newer assessments or actions that may not change the overall rating immediately.
Specialist care
Lychgate House is registered to provide care for people with the following needs:
Caring for adults under 65 yrsMental health conditionsCaring for adults over 65 yrs
About Lychgate House
Lychgate House is a CQC-registered residential care home serving Colchester in Essex, operated by Lychgate House Care Limited. It has 16 beds. It provides personal care and support with daily living rather than round-the-clock nursing. It has held CQC registration since 2021.
The Care Quality Commission rated it Requires improvement in its latest inspection report, published May 2023. It is worth reading the full report on the CQC website and asking the home what has changed since. There are 96 other care homes nearby if you want to compare options. We recommend contacting the home directly to arrange a visit, discuss fees and check current vacancies.
Data source and freshness
Core registration, operator, contact and service data comes from the official CQC directory dated 2026-08-05. Ratings and bed counts come from the CQC active-locations dataset. We compare directory releases by CQC location ID so real changes can update this page without inventing new copy.
Open the source dataset. Details can change between releases, so verify the current CQC record and confirm fees, services and vacancies directly with the home.
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