The last roof tile was laid this week on a new build in West Sussex to mark the completion of the 20th care home by Hallmark Care Homes. 

The 74-bed site, Angmering Grange, which will include 16 suites and several state-of-the-art facilities, is expected to create 100 jobs locally when it opens its doors to its first residents in autumn 2022.

To mark the next stage of the build, the site’s construction team joined Hallmark Care Homes’ chief operating officer, Aneurin Brown, Chair of Angmering Parish Council Nikki Hamilton-Street and several local councillors to watch Hamilton-Street officially lay the last roof tile. Guests then enjoyed refreshments nearby and a presentation from the care homes interior designer, regional hospitality manager and regional dementia practitioner.

Facilities at the home will include a café which will serve complimentary hot drinks and homemade cakes and biscuits, a state-of-the-art cinema and a hairdressing salon and therapy room. Other innovations at the home will include an ice cream parlour, reminiscence lounge, garden room and an outdoor roof terrace.

“This year we will celebrate 25 years of building and running multi-award-winning care homes,” said Brown. “We are excited to be able to create a luxurious and engaging new care community in Angmering and are so grateful for the local support we have received so far.

“Angmering Grange Care Home will provide residents with a place where they feel safe and supported to live an active and fulfilled life. Our caring and dedicated teams will be provided with ongoing training and support to provide the very best relationship-centred care to residents and much thought and consideration have gone into the design of this beautiful new home.”

Hamilton-Street added that Angmering Parish Council were delighted to be a part of the topping out ceremony: “We witnessed a high-quality building which we hope will bring employment as well as care home to the parish. We are very much looking forward to working with them in the coming months prior to the opening later this year to assist their integration into our community, and for many years to come.”

Angmering Grange Care Home, which will provide residential, nursing and dementia care, is being built by Savista Developments for £13 million on a 1.9-acre site at Pound Place, Roundstone Lane in Angmering.