Spa Cottage, Sheepcote Green, Clavering, Saffron Walden, CB11 4SJ
About Spa Cottage
Spa Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Clavering, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 4SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record.
Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £943,000 is 13.9% below the 2022 sale of £1,095,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£553/sq ft) was about 63.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 184 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold September 2022 for £1,095,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Spa Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Spa Cottage has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Oct 2019ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Construction of orangery to rear of property.
- Agent
- Purely Planning Limited
Extension- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/19/2111/HHF
- Jun 2015PorchFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Demolition of rear porch. First floor rear dormer extension
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/15/1268/HHF
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Spa Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£943,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 19 years.
£1,095,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
1 September 2022Most recent
£1,095,000
+166.3%over 19 years3 April 2003
£411,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 4SJ: £472,000 (2020–2016).
Nearby sales in CB11 4SJ
5 Sheepcote Green, Clavering, Saffron Walden, CB11 4SJ
Sold Jul 2020
£472,000Barbers End, Sheepcote Green, Clavering, Saffron Walden, CB11 4SJ
Sold Jul 2018
£366,500Greengages, Sheepcote Green, Clavering, Saffron Walden, CB11 4SJ
Sold Aug 2017
£609,000Sheepcote Green House, Sheepcote Green, Clavering, Saffron Walden, CB11 4SJ
Sold Jul 2016
£900,000Appletree Cottage, Sheepcote Green, Clavering, Saffron Walden, CB11 4SJ
Sold Mar 2012
£290,000
Everything we know about Spa 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

Versus other Sheepcote Green homes
On price per m², Spa Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,951
Street avg £4,097
Floor Area
184 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
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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
Sheepcote Green Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Clavering Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB