The 43-bed Mayott House care home on Ock Street is being demolished. The former residents have moved to new homes, some to Old Station House, some to other care homes,and I did hear were very pleased with the change.
Mayott House was first opened fifty years ago to care for elderly people. In 1998 the operation of the home and staff was transferred from Oxfordshire County Council to a charity.
It is to be replaced by a housing scheme for up to 42 people – designed to allow residents to live more independently than in a care home, keep couples together, and with access to 24-hour care.
It’s good that the place is going to be redeveloped into something more fit for use but as a resident of the Meadowside estate I’m slightly disappointed – we used to use the little road between the care home and the fire station as a shortcut on the way to the town centre, but now we’ve lost access to it.
Also the new wooden fencing that has been erected to protect the site looks very unsightly painted in an awful blue colour.
I.m just surprised how quickly it seems to have been knocked down.. I haven’t been up that way since it got knocked down.to see what it looks like without the home there anymore.