Legal disclaimer

Homesplace is a product of Truveri Ltd (company no. 16781739). Homesplace is an independent service and is not affiliated with the Care Quality Commission, Companies House, or the NHS. Data is drawn from the CQC and Companies House under the Open Government Licence v3.0 and analysed using large language models. The Homesplace Grade is our proprietary methodology and cannot be purchased or influenced by care providers.

See how grading works >

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Leaderboards Methodology Guides

Stone Cottage, Towcester — care home record & Homesplace Grade · Homesplace

Care homes/West Northamptonshirelocal authority/Towcestertown · city/Stone Cottage

Stone Cottage

Residential homes · 5 beds · 8 Milthorpe, Weedon Lois, Towcester NN12 8PP

✓ Verified record · data of 13 June 2026Unclaimed · auto generated from official sources

B76 / 100 →

Homesplace Grade · stable

Analysed record · answered from official sources

Is Stone Cottage any good?

On the evidence, Stone Cottage has a clean record with no watch points. It was rated Good at its latest inspection (29 Sep 2023).

CQC inspection · 29 Sep 2023CQC register · manager history

Get the full Home Care Report Watch this home Ask your own question

The operating company is in an insolvency process.

Companies House records in administration for WILLIAM BLAKE HOUSE NORTHANTS. Operator insolvency can affect continuity of care — worth asking about on a visit.

The evidence

Official CQC rating

published 29 Sep 2023

Goodoverall

Safe: ● Good
Effective: ● Good
Caring: ● Good
Responsive: ● Good
Well led: ● Good

Rating trajectory

all inspections on record

Rated Good at every inspection on record.

Good

Is this your service? Claim this record free. Claiming adds your details and a right of reply. It never changes the grade.

Sep 2023

Leadership stability

No manager changes in five years. Stable leadership supports quality, which is why we track it.

H. Castle · current registered manager
since Oct 2010 · 15 yrs 8 mo

Enforcement and breaches

✓No enforcement action on record

Checked against the CQC enforcement register · 13 June 2026

Capacity and specialisms

5 beds
Residential homes
Learning disabilities

CQC register · 13 June 2026

Financial stability

operating company

In administration

Company: WILLIAM BLAKE HOUSE NORTHANTS · 04266500
Incorporated: 7 August 2001
Last accounts: made up to 30 September 2024 · full
Next accounts due: Jun 2026
Charges (secured debt): 1 outstanding · National Westminster Bank PLC · 5 satisfied

The operating company is in an insolvency process. Companies House records in administration for WILLIAM BLAKE HOUSE NORTHANTS. Operator insolvency can affect continuity of care — worth asking about on a visit.

Companies House · 13 June 2026shown for context · not part of the Homesplace Grade