Francis House is a large 17th Century manor house located about six miles from the market town of Barnstaple, in the beautiful rolling hills of North Devon. Set within just over seven acres of land the facility is fully accredited and registered with Devon Social Services as a Residential Care Home for men with alcohol related problems. Within our community there are facilities for sports, recreation, gardening and fishing. The buildings support a gymnasium, a snooker room, a library, several lounges, and onsite catering and laundry services.
Accommodation is provided in large spacious rooms either shared or single.
Locally we have an excellent leisure centre and the beautiful coastline of North Devon and Exmoor National Park. We are a Christian based community and expect community members to participate in our daily routine, which consists briefly of therapeutic duties and tasks within our community for the benefit of the members of our community. We believe that an essential part of your recovery is learning to enjoy life instead of merely existing without alcohol and expect that a major part of your time within our community will be spent in some form of self motivated activity. Our service offers ample scope for self expression and aims to uncover your individual gift or skill and develop your personal well-being meaningfully. We do not operate on a group confrontational basis but prefer the gentler approach of individual counselling on a one to one basis.