Following a lengthy relationship with the former site of the Captain Barnard pub in Otterbourne, on the outskirts of Winchester, Highwood delivered a high-end, 64-bed care home for leading care partner, Barchester Healthcare. Today, Shawford Springs Care Home provides personalised residential dementia and respite care in a facility that represents a valuable addition to the local community.
Highwood originally acquired the parcel of land in 2007 and obtained planning consent for a new care home. Following the financial crash of the same year, it was sold to an investor in 2009 and then to another care operator before being returned, by coincidence, to Highwood to develop a high-end care home. Highwood was instrumental in devising a plan for the site that was accepted by each of the two separate landowners and was delighted to be commissioned to bring this impressive scheme to fruition.