2 Drawbridge Cottages, Old Warwick Road, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 6AP
About 2 Drawbridge Cottages
2 Drawbridge Cottages is a three-bedroom detached house in Lapworth, Solihull, Solihull (B94 6AP). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £538,000 is 26.6% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£383/sq ft) was about 15.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 103 m² it's 28% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (143 m² median across 9 EPCs). Most recent transfer: November 2020 at £425,000.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
2 Drawbridge Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 Drawbridge Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
3 applications on record at 2 Drawbridge Cottages, Old Warwick Road, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 6AP
- Nov 2005ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side of property
Erection of 2 storey and single storey side extensions
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- W/05/1580
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionAug 2025Decision
- ExtensionJan 2006Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£538,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£425,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 November 2020Most recent
£425,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in B94 6AP: £667,000 (2023–2015).
Nearby sales in B94 6AP
The Moorings, Old Warwick Road, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 6AP
Sold Jun 2023
£1,110,000Yew Tree House, Old Warwick Road, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 6AP
Sold Aug 2022
£1,250,0003 Drawbridge Cottages, Old Warwick Road, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 6AP
Sold Jul 2019
£400,000Lilac Cottage, Old Warwick Road, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 6AP
Sold Sept 2015
£667,000High Park House, Old Warwick Road, Lapworth, Solihull, B94 6AP
Sold Oct 2013
£1,000,000
Versus other Old Warwick Road homes
2 Drawbridge Cottages is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
Price per m²
£4,126
Street avg £4,262
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 187 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.2 t/year
Street avg 8.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Timber Yard — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley Heath. 2 schools nearby.
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