Petersham Farm Cottage, Gaunts, Wimborne, BH21 4JT
About Petersham Farm Cottage
Petersham Farm Cottage is a detached house in Gaunts, Wimborne, Wimborne (BH21 4JT). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Petersham Farm Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
Oak: Reduce and make safe.
- Council
- East Dorset
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/20/1480/REG14
- Mar 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Oak: Remedial and reduction of lower lateral branches as per submitted photos.
- Council
- East Dorset
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/20/0410/TTPO
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Sales history & valuation
Petersham Farm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£550,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Everything we know about Petersham Farm Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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- Larger development activity nearby

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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
St James First School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
St James Church of England First School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB