Rose Cottage is a semi-detached house in Fenny Compton, Southam, Southam (CV47 2YE). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 175 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer was April 2025 at £600,000 — fresh data. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£319/sq ft) was about 60% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Rose Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Rose Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£617,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£600,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
Rose Cottage is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£3,429
Street avg £3,042
Floor Area
175 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
0.1 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
Extension to kitchen and alterations, insertion of roof lights, re-roofing to 'stable' wing of house, new glazed doors to garden
8 April 2025Most recent
£600,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV47 2YE: £312,000 (2023–2019).
1 Church Street Fenny Compton Southam
Sold Apr 2023
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Sold Feb 2023
Brook House Church Street Fenny Compton Southam
Sold Jan 2020
Rectory Cottage Church Street Fenny Compton Southam
Sold Jan 2020
Applegarth Church Street Fenny Compton Southam
Sold Feb 2017

CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
Bus Shelter — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
The Dassett CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB