The Rectory, Grugs Lane, Cranborne, Wimborne, BH21 5PX
About The Rectory
The Rectory is a detached house in Cranborne, Wimborne, Wimborne (BH21 5PX). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil.
At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Energy performance
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Planning history
- Apr 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Beech Copper: Remove secondary limb. Raise canopy over driveway to 3.5m and over road to 4.5m.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- P/TRT/2022/00701
- Jul 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Conifer: Fell. T2 Conifer: Fell.
- Council
- East Dorset
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/21/1136/TCA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The Rectory has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£587,000
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.
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH21 5PX: £232,000 (2017–1997).
Nearby sales in BH21 5PX
22 Grugs Lane, Cranborne, Wimborne, BH21 5PX
Sold Feb 2017
£610,00024 Grugs Lane, Cranborne, Wimborne, BH21 5PX
Sold May 2013
£232,00026 Grugs Lane, Cranborne, Wimborne, BH21 5PX
Sold Aug 2007
£265,00020 Grugs Lane, Cranborne, Wimborne, BH21 5PX
Sold Apr 1999
£165,00030 Grugs Lane, Cranborne, Wimborne, BH21 5PX
Sold Aug 1997
£150,000
Everything we know about The Rectory, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Grugs Lane homes
EPC Rating for The Rectory runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
64 (D)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
157 m²
Street avg 131 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
0.1 km
Fire Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Cranborne Church of England First School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB