Springfield Cottage, Wharf Lane, Portbury, Bristol, BS20 7TD
About Springfield Cottage
Springfield Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Portbury, Bristol, Bristol (BS20 7TD). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include partial demolition and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £887,000 is 19.9% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£484/sq ft) was about 142.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2020 at £740,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Springfield Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A an annexe application was refused at Springfield Cottage in 2022.
- Dec 2022DemolitionFullIn report
Proposed demolition of existing outbuilding/garage and construction of new outbuilding/garage.
- Agent
- Davies Architectural Services
- Documents
- 24 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/P/2421/FUH
- Sept 2022AnnexFullIn report
Demolition of existing detached garage and stables and proposed erection of a replacement single storey annex with attached double garage.
- Agent
- Davies Architectural Services
- Documents
- 20 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/P/1181/FUH
What's in Springfield Cottage, Wharf Lane, Portbury, Bristol, BS20 7TD's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£887,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 13 years.
£740,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
11 August 2020Most recent
£740,000
+80.5%over 12 years16 August 2007
£410,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BS20 7TD: £482,500 (2022–2005).
Everything we know about Springfield 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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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Portishead Ecology Park — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Trinity Anglican-Methodist Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB