Arden House residential home for the elderly in Pickering, North Yorkshire, has been sold to Lenore Care after being under the same ownership for 38 years,

An established care home for up to 14 elderly residents, Arden House is located close to Pickering town centre in North Yorkshire.

It was established by Steven and Karen Blakey in 1987 and was run under their ownership until Steven’s passing in 2022, when Karen took over sole responsibility.

The home was brought to market to allow her to retire.

Following a confidential sales process with Jonathan Wickens at Christie & Co, Arden House has been purchased by Lenore Care, which now operates five homes with a total of 137 beds across the North East of England.

Jonathan Wickens, director of care at Christie & Co, who handled the sale said: “This illustrates there is demand for smaller care homes across the North of England where they offer personalised, high levels of support while retaining that ‘homely’ feel.”

Arden House was sold for an undisclosed price.