The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Seckington, Tamworth, B79 0LD

The Old Rectory is a seven-bedroom detached house in Seckington, Tamworth, Tamworth (B79 0LD). It has a recorded floor area of 427 m² (around 4596 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 427 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Sold June 2022 for £1,155,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.