Grove Cottage, Rectory Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1DH
About Grove Cottage
Grove Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Copford, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 1DH). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£386/sq ft) was about 60.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £660,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bathrooms3
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- GarageYes
- LandYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Grove Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolition of single storey rear section and construction of new single storey rear extension. Roof raised over west side to provide additional first floor accommodation.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 220812
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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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£720,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£660,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 March 2022Most recent
£660,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 1DH: £825,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in CO6 1DH
White Lodge, Rectory Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1DH
Sold Mar 2025
£645,000Mildmays, Rectory Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1DH
Sold Feb 2023
£715,000Mill Stones, Rectory Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1DH
Sold Mar 2022
£825,000Bishopsmere, Rectory Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1DH
Sold Feb 2021
£1,250,000Copford Green House, Rectory Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1DH
Sold Dec 2020
£1,340,000
Everything we know about Grove 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 Rectory Road homes
Habitable Rooms for Grove Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,151
Street avg £3,396
Floor Area
159 m²
Street avg 184 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 6.2 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Copford Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Copford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 3 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
46.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB