2 Old Mead Cottage, Old Mead Road, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6JQ
About 2 Old Mead Cottage
2 Old Mead Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 6JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a balcony. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 101 m² it sits well below the postcode median (153 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On the market in May 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £514,000 is 37.1% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£345/sq ft) was about 15.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- BalconyYes
Building
- Underfloor heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
2 Old Mead Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Aug 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Old Mead Cottage has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Feb 2024AmendmentIn report
Non Material Amendment to UTT/21/2466/HHF - Reduce the size of 2 windows (front and rear)
- Agent
- Alderton Associates Ltd
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/24/0448/NMA
- Feb 2024AmendmentIn report
Non Material Amendment to UTT/21/2466/HHF - Change of render to cladding to areas shown on revised elevation drawing
- Agent
- Mr Will Green
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/24/0347/NMA
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 2 Old Mead Cottage
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
2 Old Mead Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£514,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 20 years.
£375,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
13 May 2015Most recent
£375,000
+11.9%over 8 years12 February 2007
£335,000
+42.6%over 4 years25 April 2002
£235,000
+109.8%over 7 years10 March 1995
£112,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM22 6JQ: £740,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in CM22 6JQ
Birch Grove, Old Mead Road, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6JQ
Sold Mar 2023
£850,000Cam House, Old Mead Road, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6JQ
Sold Jun 2022
£995,000Yew Tree House, Old Mead Road, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6JQ
Sold Apr 2021
£725,000Kingsmead House, Old Mead Road, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6JQ
Sold Mar 2021
£740,000Dunroaming, Old Mead Road, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6JQ
Sold Feb 2021
£300,000
Everything we know about 2 Old Mead 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 Old Mead Road homes
On floor area, 2 Old Mead Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,713
Street avg £3,849
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 169 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 8.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Birch Grove — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Henham and Ugley Primary and Nursery School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
49.0dB