Yew Tree Cottage, Bapton, Warminster, BA12 0SA
About Yew Tree Cottage
Yew Tree Cottage is a detached house in Bapton, Warminster, Warminster (BA12 0SA). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). 8 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2018–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 30% per year. Last sale on file: £625,000 in March 2024.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Yew Tree Cottage has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Nov 2020ExtensionHeritageIn report
Extension: Two storey
Proposed two storey extension and alterations. Proposed detached garage/carport and oil tank (resubmission of 20/02025/LBC).
- Documents
- 22 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/07387/LBC
- Nov 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey
Proposed two storey extension and alterations. Proposed detached garage/carport and oil tank (resubmission of 20/01262/FUL).
- Documents
- 23 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/06833/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
Yew Tree Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2018.
£682,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 30.0% per year over 5 years.
£625,000
Growth on file: 30.0% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
8 March 2024Most recent
£625,000
+300.6%over 5 years22 November 2018
£156,000
Versus the street
Yew Tree Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
66 (D)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 96 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Watermeadow Lane — bus stop.
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