7 Alms Houses, Church Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, CV7 7BJ
About 7 Alms Houses
7 Alms Houses is an end-of-terrace house in Berkswell, Coventry, Coventry (CV7 7BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 52 m² this is the 5th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–63 m². On EPC score it ranks last in the building (58 versus a best of 68). The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on oil.
One historical planning record sits against the property in 2002. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 52 m² it's 16.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 12 EPCs).
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Planning history
7 Alms Houses has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
1 application on record at 7 Alms Houses, Church Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, CV7 7BJ
- Mar 2002HeritageOutcome in report
Application for listed building consent for internal alterations to ground floor to replace 6 no. Flats with 4 no. Flats
Listed- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/2002/02616/LBW
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Sales history & valuation
7 Alms Houses has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£168,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 3 sales in CV7 7BJ: £135,000 (2024–1995).
Nearby sales in CV7 7BJ
Versus other Church Lane homes
On epc rating, 7 Alms Houses runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
58 (D)
Street avg 66 (D)
Floor Area
52 m²
Street avg 51 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
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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
1.5 km
Berkswell Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.0 km
Berkswell Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB







