Setting and lifestyle

A home on the clifftop at Barton-on-Sea, with the garden, the lounge diner, and a day that is not rushed.

The view

The home looks over Christchurch Bay, the Needles and the Isle of Wight.
Christchurch Bay and the Isle of Wight, with beach huts and the beach below the cliff.
The view from the clifftop.
White cliffs and the Needles, seen from Barton-on-Sea.
The Needles, across the bay.
Christchurch Bay from the clifftop, with the beach below, a sailing boat and the Isle of Wight.
Christchurch Bay on a summer day.

The rooms

11 beds in ten bedrooms: nine single rooms and one double room on the ground floor.Five single rooms and the double room have an en-suite wet room.Four of the rooms have sea views. Four rooms open through patio doors onto the rear garden.
The home from the road: white rendered walls and bay windows on Marine Drive East.
The home from the road.
A bed, a pink armchair and patio doors opening onto the garden.
A single bedroom.
A bed, a blue armchair, a wardrobe and patio doors to the garden.
A single bedroom in blue.
Patio doors with floral curtains, an armchair, a wardrobe and a bed under a skylight.
A room looking out to the garden.
The home is on two floors. There is a stair-lift, wheelchair access, and a level rear garden with a patio. Each room has its own alarm to call for help. There are handrails and bath aids, and an accessible bath with built-in chair hoists.Residents can bring personal belongings so a room feels like theirs. Furniture is here if it is needed. Each room has a phone point and a television point. There is free Wi-Fi for residents and visitors.As well as the lounge diner, there is a separate room for quieter visits. There is parking on site. The home is for people aged 65 and over. It is about 1.4 miles from the centre of New Milton.

Practical details

Shower, toilet and a drop-down grab rail.
A level-access wet room.
Grab rail and a personal alarm call unit with a pull-cord beside the basin.
An en-suite basin.

The garden

The rear garden is level, with a lawn, flowers and patio seating. Four rooms open onto it through patio doors.
The rear garden from the patio: lawn, white statues, flowers in pots and garden chairs in the sun.
The garden from the patio.

Meals

Food is freshly cooked on site. Special diets are catered for. Mealtimes are part of the day, not a gap in it.
A VE Day table with sandwiches, cheese and pineapple, cupcakes, and red, white and blue balloons.
The VE Day buffet in the lounge diner.
Plates of sandwiches, vol-au-vents, sausage rolls and croquettes on a spotted tablecloth.
Food made on site for VE Day.

The day

There is music, group exercise, board games, puzzles, painting and crafts. Days like Easter, VE Day and Christmas are celebrated together. People who want a quieter day can sit in the garden, talk, or stay in their room. In summer the clifftop is a short walk away, for fresh air and exceptional coastal views.
Easter baskets of chocolate eggs, and wreaths with chicks, eggs and flowers, on a blue table.
Easter baskets and wreaths made at the home.
Hands choosing felt eggs and rabbits for a yellow Easter wreath, with colouring sheets on the table.
Making an Easter wreath.
Hands filling an Easter basket with chocolate eggs and yellow chicks.
Filling an Easter basket.
Hands gluing a blue paper flower, with pink paper flowers and scissors on the table.
Making paper flowers.
Hands colouring a Christmas tree picture with felt pens on a lap tray.
Colouring a Christmas picture.
An Easter tree with painted eggs, baskets of chocolate eggs, and a chocolate cake with berries.
The Easter table in the lounge diner.

Around Barton-on-Sea

The home is a short level walk from public transport, a café and the village general store. Within a mile there is a food shop, cafés, a church, a restaurant and the local GP surgery. Buses to Christchurch and Lymington stop less than 500 metres away.The home can also help with chiropody, hairdressing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, religious services, entertainment, and getting to outpatient appointments.
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