1 Barrington Cottages, Dunmow Road, Hatfield Broad Oak, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7JH
About 1 Barrington Cottages
1 Barrington Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 7JH). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sold May 2021 for £592,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.7% per year.
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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
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Barrington Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Sept 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Agent
- Design Designed Ltd
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/23/1749/HHF
- Sept 2021PorchFullIn report
Extension of porch roof to create a covered area whilst maintaining existing enclosed porch area dimensions
- Agent
- Design Designed
Extension- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/21/2160/HHF
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 1 Barrington Cottages has grown more than fourfold since the 1999 starting point.
£642,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.7% per year over 22 years.
£592,000
Growth on file: 8.7% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
6 May 2021Most recent
£592,000
+48.0%over 13 years29 February 2008
£400,000
+118.6%over 7 years29 June 2000
£183,000
+92.6%over 1 year3 June 1999
£95,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in CM22 7JH: £222,998 (2003–2001).
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
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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
The Dukes Head — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hatfield Broad Oak. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB