Highwood and Barchester break ground on prestigious care project at Otterbourne

Highwood has broken ground on a prestigious new care project on a prominent site in Otterbourne, near Winchester. Shawford Springs Care Home is a new 64-bed care home is the latest later years’ development Highwood is building for our leading care partner, Barchester Healthcare.

Highwood has a long relationship with this parcel of land, which was formerly the site of the Captain Barnard pub. We were instrumental in the acquisition of the site in 2007, which resulted Highwood’s successful subsequent planning application for a care home.

However, the property was sold again after the property crash in 2009 and, as Steve Matthews, Highwood’s Managing Director, revealed, Highwood is pleased to be returning to the site again with a contract to build the luxurious new care home for Barchester.

‘We’re delighted to have broken ground on this superb site and to be working with our valued client, Barchester Healthcare again,’ Steve said. ‘We’re looking forward to another seamless build process and working closely with the Barchester team once more. This is an exceptional scheme in a great location and our dedicated project management team and appointed contractors will deliver it in late 2022 as planned.’