Cooper Cottage, High Street, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6AS
About Cooper Cottage
Cooper Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 6AS). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2012) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from September 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in July 2003. Across 1999–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £390,000 sits 84% above the 2003 sale of £212,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£256/sq ft) was about 28.6% below the postcode norm. At 77 m² it sits well below the postcode median (124 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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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
Cooper Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Sept 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
Cooper Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Nov 2016ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Proposed rear conservatory extension
Extension- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/16/1990/HHF
- Jun 2016ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension - extending 5.8m from rear wall, maximum height 3.4m and height to eaves 3.4m
- Agent
- D.A.S. Property Maintenance
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/16/1391/PDE
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Cooper Cottage
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Cooper Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£390,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 15.1% per year over 4 years.
£212,000
Growth on file: 15.1% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
30 July 2003Most recent
£212,000
+33.4%over 1 year28 November 2001
£158,950
+38.2%over 2 years22 March 1999
£115,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM22 6AS: £465,000 (2023–2012).
Nearby sales in CM22 6AS
White Pine Cottage, High Street, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6AS
Sold Oct 2023
£500,000Clifton House, High Street, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6AS
Sold Dec 2021
£875,000Snow Cottage, High Street, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6AS
Sold Aug 2019
£465,000Stone Cottage, High Street, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6AS
Sold Nov 2012
£390,000Barley House, High Street, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6AS
Sold Nov 2012
£727,500
Everything we know about Cooper 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 High Street homes
On floor area, Cooper Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,753
Street avg £4,193
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 134 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 7.4 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
0.2 km
Woodend Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Henham and Ugley Primary and Nursery School. 2 schools 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
43.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB