New £8m Shrewsbury care home name is revealed
The name of Shropshire's new £8m purpose-built care home has been revealed.
The 90-bedroom facility currently under construction on Sundorne Road, Shrewsbury, is to be known as Montgomery House.
Staff and managers at not-for-profit care provider Coverage Care Services opted for the name thanks to the position and history of the site on which it stands.
Chief executive of Coverage Care, David Coull, explained: “We think the name has a certain distinguished quality about it. Not only does the building stand adjacent to Montgomery Way, it is on the site of Shrewsbury's former Territorial Army base, so a link to one of this country's most famous generals, Bernard Montgomery, or Monty, is quite appropriate.”
This will be the fifth purpose-built new home the organisation has created, following on from sites in Bridgnorth, Telford, Whitchurch and Oswestry.
The home is expected to be operational by the end of next year, employing around 130 people and creating new jobs. It will serve as a replacement for the ageing Crowmoor House facility, in Monkmoor. Staff and service users from there will be moving to Montgomery House.
Construction is being carried out by Castlemead Group with financial backing from RBS, both of which have successfully partnered with Coverage Care Services on previous new-build projects.
Mr Coull added: “This new site is the sum of all we have learned as an organisation about delivering high quality new homes. We're very excited that it now has a name because that's the first step in the building developing it's own identity and place in the community. We're looking forward to welcoming our first residents next year.”
A turf cutting was held at the start of the year, where Coverage Care board members and staff were joined to mark the occasion by representatives of residents and staff from nearby Crowmoor House, which is operated by the Company Care but which will be replaced due to its age by the new home.
Invited guests from the care sector, the developers, Castlemead Group, architects DWA and RBS, which is providing finance for the project, were also in attendance.
