Horseshoes Cottage, Chalbury, Wimborne, BH21 7EU
About Horseshoes Cottage
Horseshoes Cottage is a detached house in Chalbury, Wimborne, Wimborne (BH21 7EU). It has a recorded floor area of 155 m² (around 1668 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Held since July 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £646,000 sits 311.5% above the 1999 sale of £157,000. One planning record on file: change of use to residential refused in 2023.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Horseshoes Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A change of use to residential application was refused at Horseshoes Cottage in 2023.
- Nov 2023Change of UseFullIn report
Change of Use of Land from Agricultural Use to Residential Use, forming part of the Domestic Curtilage Associated with the Existing Dwellinghouse
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- P/FUL/2023/04904
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- Larger development activity nearby
- A planning decision worth checking
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Sales history & valuation
Horseshoes Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£646,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£157,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 July 1999Most recent
£157,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH21 7EU: £530,000 (2020–2012).
Nearby sales in BH21 7EU
April Cottage, Chalbury, Wimborne, BH21 7EU
Sold Dec 2020
£775,000The Keep, Chalbury, Wimborne, BH21 7EU
Sold Aug 2019
£530,000Brightfields, Chalbury, Wimborne, BH21 7EU
Sold Feb 2019
£121,000Sarum House, Chalbury, Wimborne, BH21 7EU
Sold Sept 2018
£550,000Grenfell House, Chalbury, Wimborne, BH21 7EU
Sold Jul 2012
£390,000
Everything we know about Horseshoes Cottage, 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
- A planning decision worth checking
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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
0.2 km
Hell Corner — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
St James Church of England First School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB