Mewsbrook House is a specialist home in the area of Littlehampton, which can accommodate 50 people - it has a 'Good' rating from the CQC. Specialist care can be provided for those with dementia and mental health needs who present with behaviours that cannot be supported in the community. Mewsbrook House can also offer short stay services; respite care and discharge to assess.
Mewsbrook House has been established for many years and most of the residents come to us because we have been recommended to them, either through family members or social workers.
Our reputation is important to us, but we never take it for granted, we know each day we have to earn it. We are not perfect, but we do try to get things right and always seek the highest standards – we believe you are entitled to the best.
It is our aim to provide a customer focused service. We want to meet your individual needs and preferences. Your co-operation and participation will be vital to us achieving this objective.
You may feel your rights and independence have been taken away, this could not be further from the truth. You have all the same rights to determine how you live your life as you did before, only now you have to have assistance from the staff members at the home.
Our home is a community built around our residents, families and staff. All our staff are here to help people to receive the right care and to provide constant support for you and your loved ones.
Steeped in history, this tastefully extended Grade 2 listed building built in 1732, has stories of its own to tell. Originally a flint stone 2 storey building it was extended to 3 floors and rendered in 1820 to give it the Georgian look we see now.
In 1900 Mary Neal a renown socialist, suffragist and folk-dance revivalist, established the Green Lady Hostel in East Street, Littlehampton (now known as Mewsbrook House), as a holiday home for the Espérance Girls’. It was purchased on a mortgage in the names of the Hon. Lily Montagu, a renowned philanthropist, and Miss Emmeline Pethick and housed sixty girls at a time for a fortnight’s holiday. The railway company gave a special reduction of 7s 6d off the fare to each one. In 1906 Miss Neal attended (and took the minutes at) the inaugural meeting of the London branch of the WSPU, at the home of Sylvia Pankhurst, whose mother Emmeline founded the WSPU. The Espérance girls performed at suffragette events and the “Green Lady Hostel” occupies a key place in suffragette history.
Later during the First World War, along with the Flintstone Building down on the roundabout, it became involved with housing the training centre for the “home guards” and became known as Roland House.
Having been through many transitions, including use as a children’s home, the building eventually became a care home and became part of Lifetime Care UK Ltd in 2004.
It is now a well-established and highly regarded home offering a specialist form of care of which is otherwise limited in the area.