Works begin on new £16m care home in Bury St Edmunds

Staff from Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Company (RMBI Care Co) celebrated the beginning of work to build a new care home at Cornwallis Court in Bury St Edmunds on Friday.

Plans were approved in January to build the new care home at the existing 68-bedroom site run by the care home provider RMBI Care Co.

From left to right: Denise O’Brien, Cornwallis Court Home Manager and Regional Manager for the Central region, alongside Sir David Wootton and John Boyington CBE, Chair of Trustees at RMBI Care Co. (Image: RMBI Care Co)

The new care home will be built in phases to enable current residents to continue living and in the existing building before moving across to the new home.

The new home will then provide residential care, nursing and dementia support for up to 64 people.

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A spokesman said the construction will include energy-efficient technologies and materials to make the care home more sustainable. 

Mark LLoyd, RMBI Care Co.’s managing director, said: “Our new-build home will provide residents with thoughtful and purpose-designed environments that enhance and promote wellbeing.

An artist’s Impression of what the new care home in Bury St Edmunds will look like. (Image: RMBI Care Co)

He added: "Cornwallis Court is currently rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission and this will help to further strengthen the exceptional care staff provide.”

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Steve Juson, managing director of Kind & Company, which has partnered with RMBI to construct the new build, said:  “I’m delighted to be taking part in this ceremony to celebrate the start of the construction phase of the new-build Home.

"We have forged a strong partnership with RMBI Care Co. and the design team, and we are looking forward to delivering the new Home to enhance the care provided to residents.”