1 Church View Cottages, Church Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EB
About 1 Church View Cottages
1 Church View Cottages is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Tarvin, Chester, Chester (CH3 8EB). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.
Last sale on file: £265,000 in March 2023. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£379/sq ft) was about 29% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.
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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
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- OutbuildingsYes
- Swimming poolYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
1 Church View Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2004ExtensionIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey extensions to rear and change windows to rear to smaller cottage type
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 04/00269/FUL
What's in 1 Church View Cottages, Church Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EB's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2004.
£291,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 19 years.
£265,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
17 March 2023Most recent
£265,000
+36.6%over 16 years21 December 2006
£194,000
+16.2%over 1 year11 March 2005
£167,000
+94.2%over 7 months29 July 2004
£86,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH3 8EB: £400,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in CH3 8EB
Hamilton House, Church Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EB
Sold Jul 2025
£1,025,000Glebe Cottage, Church Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EB
Sold Feb 2024
£700,0002 Tarvin Mews, Church Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EB
Sold Jan 2024
£269,0001 Tarvin Mews, Church Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EB
Sold Jul 2022
£400,0004 Church View Cottages, Church Street, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8EB
Sold Sept 2021
£265,000
Everything we know about 1 Church View Cottages, in one report
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Versus other Church Street homes
Floor Area for 1 Church View Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,077
Street avg £3,716
Floor Area
65 m²
Street avg 169 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 9.8 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
St Andrew's Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Tarvin Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB