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RESIDENTS have raised objections to plans to demolish an Ilkley care home and replace it with a new-build care facility. Barchester Healthcare Ltd have acquired Hollycroft Care Home and want to knock down the building at 16 Hebers Ghyll Drive, Ilkley, and replace it with a new-build 31-bed care home with associated car parking, landscaping and amenity space provision. The building is not listed but it lies within Ilkley’s Conservation Area where it is described as a ‘key unlisted historic building’. The Edwardian villa was built in 1904 and was converted to a home for the elderly in 1979. It remained a care home for four decades before its closure by its then owners Four Seasons Health Care in 2017.
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Friday, 21st May 2021, 3:40 pm
Wykeham House care home in Horley recently presented its local St Catherine’s Hospice with a cheque for £100. Picture courtesy of Barchester Healthcare Ltd
The care home hand delivered the giant cheque to the Hospice.
They have agreed that as soon as restrictions lift they will be inviting them into the home for a well-deserved afternoon tea, all prepared and served by the homes head chef, as a way of saying a further thank you for all the wonderful work they do.
Rachel, manager at St Catherine’s, said: “We know Wykeham House well and know what a great reputation they have.
Chef Alex whipped up some tasty, healthy vegetarian snacks in a live, interactive cookery demo.
Much to residents’ delight, Wykeham House head chef Robert had prepared the same recipes so that residents could try all the dishes.
Residents sampled delicious, light and summery veggie dishes including Borlotti bean and dill pate, Greek fritters with Tzatziki and Coronation chicken pastries, all finished off with a sweet and simple but totally yummy banana bread.
To celebrate National Vegetarian Week, staff and residents at Barchester’s Wykeham House care home were treated to an interactive virtual cookery demo courtesy of chef, Alex Connell, from Vegetarian for Life. Pictures courtesy of Barchester Healthcare Ltd
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