The house
An old rectory, still a home.
Built in 1794 for the vicar of Holy Trinity, Bellwood has been a care home since 1988. We kept the fireplaces, the sash windows and the walled garden.
N° 01 — Since 1794
Two hundred years of people living here.
The rectory housed the vicars of Holy Trinity for almost two centuries. In 1988 David and Ann Pryce bought it, added a garden wing with level floors and a lift, and opened Bellwood as a care home with twelve residents.
Today there are thirty-four rooms, every one en-suite, but the drawing room, library and dining room are still the rooms the rectory always had. Residents use the whole house, not a corridor.
A letter from the family · since 1988
Thirty-eight years, and it still feels like our home.
When we bought the old rectory in 1988 there were twelve rooms, a leaking roof and a garden nobody had touched for years. We wanted somewhere people could carry on being themselves.
Our daughter Helen runs Bellwood now, and most of the team have been with us for years. If you come for tea, you’ll probably find one of us in the garden. We’d like that.
David and Ann Pryce, owners
N° 02 — A walk round
The rooms everyone shares
Residents can use every one of them, whenever they like.
N° 03 — Two acres outside
A walled garden you can get lost in, safely.
Level brick paths, handrails where you need them, and a bench every thirty paces. The Orchard wing opens onto its own secure garden loop, so residents living with dementia can walk as far as they like.
Raised beds for the gardening club
An orchard of old Shropshire apples
The terrace for tea in summer
A secure garden loop for the Orchard wing
Hen house (Mabel, Ivy and Dot)
N° 04 — Practical things
Built for getting about easily
Lift to every floor
And level floors in the garden wing. Wheelchairs fit through every door.
Call bells in every room
Plus quiet sensor mats at night for anyone at risk of falling.
The salon
Our hairdresser is in on Tuesdays and Fridays, at cost.
Guest room
For families who travel far or want to stay close at the end.
Wi-Fi throughout
And a tablet for video calls with family abroad.
Minibus
Trips every Thursday to Ludlow, Bridgnorth and the Wenlock Edge.
Come and see it for yourself.
Visit any day. We’ll show you round, introduce you to Helen and put the kettle on.
