1 Church Cottage is a detached house in Ladbroke, Southam, Southam (CV47 2DF). It has a recorded floor area of 353 m² (around 3800 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£336/sq ft) was about 69.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 353 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 10 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £1,275,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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1 Church Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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1 Church Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£1,385,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 26 years.
£1,275,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 26 years.
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1 Church Cottage outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,612
Street avg £2,408
Floor Area
353 m²
Street avg 173 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Mechanical ventilation installed
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
Demolition of single storey extensions and erection of new two storey extensions to side and rear (amendments to permission 12/02314/LBC).
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of new two storey extensions to side and rear (amendments to permission 12/02313/FUL).
9 May 2022Most recent
£1,275,000
+136.1%over 11 years9 July 2010
£540,000
+116.0%over 10 years25 February 2000
£250,000
+53.4%over 3 years4 July 1996
£163,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV47 2DF: £337,500 (2025–2022).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 9.1 t/year
CV47 2YD
Ladbroke Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
2.5 km
Bishops Itchington Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB