SafeAre people protected from abuse and avoidable harm?Requires improvement
EffectiveDoes care achieve good outcomes and a good quality of life?Requires improvement
CaringAre staff kind, compassionate and respectful?Good
ResponsiveAre services organised to meet people's needs?Requires improvement
Well-ledIs the home well managed, with a culture of high-quality care?Requires improvement
CQC hasn't inspected this home for more than 5 years. It re-inspects based on risk, so an old rating doesn't count against a home on this site, but it may not reflect the home today. ?
Garson House Care Home is in the Requires improvement tier ?, with 27 other homes in Devon.
90% of rated homes here are Good or Outstanding (England: 82%).
Garson House Care Home is one of 306 care homes in Devon: a 13-bed residential care home in Lynton, run by Mr & Mrs R M Boundy. It is registered to care for older people. That is smaller than most homes in Devon, where the typical home has 25 beds.
CQC last rated the home in May 2023, giving it Requires improvement overall. It was Requires improvement for safe, effective, responsive and well-led as well. For caring, the rating was Good. Before that, in November 2022, it was rated Inadequate.
In Devon, 90% of rated care homes are Good or Outstanding (England 82%). Its kitchen was rated 5 for food hygiene in October 2026. That is true of 86% of homes in Devon. About 17.0 km away, Chelfham House Residential Home is rated Good.
