Edwards Cottage, Church Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, CV7 7BJ
About Edwards Cottage
Edwards Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Berkswell, Coventry, Coventry (CV7 7BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2015. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
At 83 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
Edwards Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at Edwards Cottage, Church Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, CV7 7BJ
- Sept 2004ExtensionHeritageOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension( listed building consent)
Listed- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/2004/00261/LBW
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionSept 2004Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Edwards Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£352,000
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
Edwards Cottage is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
58 (D)
Street avg 42 (E)
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 123 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 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







