Maria Mallaband Care Group (MMCG) has acquired Creggan Bahn Court in Ayr, on Scotland’s Southwest coast.

The home dates back to the 1870s and has provided nursing and residential care since 1997. This spacious 58-bed building has retained many original features, including bay windows and high ceilings. It has large en suite bedrooms, many on the ground floor opening onto the landscaped gardens and terraces, and there are several with specially adapted bathrooms equipped with hydrotherapy baths.

Facilities include several expansive lounges over the two floors, along with a dining room, hair salon and café. The gardens include a putting green, raised flower beds and a vegetable plot.

Creggan Bahn is led by nurse manager Samantha Baxter-Hendren, who has worked at the home for eight years in the past 15, having taken seven years out to work for the NHS, before returning to the home as manager almost three years ago.

Jill Veitch, MMCG regional director, said: “Creggan Bahn is incredibly well run and staffed by an experienced and long-standing team who have clearly developed wonderful relationships with those living in the home. We look forward to working with Samantha and her team, and supporting them to continue to deliver the excellent, compassionate care for which they are so rightly renowned.

“Creggan Bahn is such a beautiful place, and you can clearly see when visiting how well cared for those living there are, and how proud they are of their home. We are delighted to welcome this grand and impressive home, its brilliant team, and of course everyone living there, into our family, and giving them everything they need to continue to flourish.”

MMCG has more than 80 care homes across the UK, with five now in Scotland. The family-run company offers a range of care and support including day care, respite care, palliative care, dementia nursing care, disability care, nursing care and residential care.