Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get startedThornbury Cottage, Portley Wood Road, Whyteleafe, CR3 0BQ
1 planning record
About Thornbury Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Thornbury Cottage is a detached house in Whyteleafe (CR3 0BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2017) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in December 2001. Today's modelled estimate of £878,000 sits 136.4% above the 2001 sale of £371,400. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£493/sq ft) was about 75.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (110 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D59
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
3.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Thornbury Cottage, Portley Wood Road, Whyteleafe, CR3 0BQ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Aug 2004ConservatoryFullGranted
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Thornbury Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£878,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2001)
£371,400
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Portley Wood Road homes
Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Years Held for Thornbury Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,306
Street avg £3,986
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 249 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Whyteleafe district page.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Court Bushes Road — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CR3 0BQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.4dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 44 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
Curated scenic spots within reach of this postcode, served by Beautifulplaces.ai. Photography and tagging come from their open dataset.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Thornbury Cottage, Portley Wood Road, Whyteleafe, CR3 0BQ. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.