Ivy Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Fenny Compton, Southam, Southam (CV47 2YD). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position.
Held since July 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £551,000 sits 67% above the 2003 sale of £330,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£240/sq ft) was about 28.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Ivy Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Ivy Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Ivy Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£551,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£330,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Ivy Cottage is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£2,578
Street avg £3,183
Floor Area
128 m²
Street avg 124 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 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
44.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
11 July 2003Most recent
£330,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV47 2YD: £580,000 (2025–2020).
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Sold Jul 2023
1 Dog Lane Fenny Compton Southam
Sold Nov 2022
2 Dog Lane Fenny Compton Southam
Sold Dec 2020

CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 10.6 t/year
CV47 2PX
Bus Shelter — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
The Dassett CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB