St Margarets Cottage, School Road, Langham, Colchester, CO4 5PD
About St Margarets Cottage
St Margarets Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Langham, Colchester, Colchester (CO4 5PD). It has a recorded floor area of 259 m² (around 2788 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 259 m² the property is well over the postcode median (128 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£242/sq ft) was about 54.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £675,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024.
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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
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageSingle
- LandYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
St Margarets Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2024RenovationFullIn report
Demolition of existing cracked wall and erection of full length new wall with retention of existing hedging.(Amended description)
- Documents
- 25 docs on file
- Reference
- 230810
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on St Margarets Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£728,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£675,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 November 2022Most recent
£675,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO4 5PD: £275,000 (2025–1999).
Nearby sales in CO4 5PD
Southway, School Road, Langham, Colchester, CO4 5PD
Sold Jul 2025
£400,000Mardleybury, School Road, Langham, Colchester, CO4 5PD
Sold Jul 2009
£275,0001 St Margarets Cross, School Road, Langham, Colchester, CO4 5PD
Sold Mar 2008
£200,000Nirvana, School Road, Langham, Colchester, CO4 5PD
Sold Jun 2004
£330,0005 St Margarets Cross, School Road, Langham, Colchester, CO4 5PD
Sold Jul 1995
£66,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other School Road homes
On epc rating, St Margarets Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,606
Street avg £2,576
Floor Area
259 m²
Street avg 128 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
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Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
St Margaret's Cross — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Langham Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.0dB