1 Rook Farm Cottage, Meer End Road, Honiley, Kenilworth, CV8 1PW
About 1 Rook Farm Cottage
1 Rook Farm Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Honiley, Kenilworth, Kenilworth (CV8 1PW). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 119 m² it sits well below the postcode median (176 m² across 26 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£492/sq ft) was about 65.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £630,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
1 Rook Farm Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Mar 2013PorchFullIn report
Extension: Two storey
Two storey extension and front porch
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/2013/00121/FULL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 1 Rook Farm Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 2002 starting point.
£664,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 16.7% per year over 20 years.
£630,000
Growth on file: 16.7% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
21 January 2022Most recent
£630,000
+96.9%over 12 years10 September 2009
£320,000
+966.7%over 7 years18 April 2002
£30,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CV8 1PW: £615,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CV8 1PW
The Cottage, Meer End Road, Honiley, Kenilworth, CV8 1PW
Sold Mar 2025
£850,0003 Meer End Road, Honiley, Kenilworth, CV8 1PW
Sold Dec 2024
£260,000Tipperary Cottage, Meer End Road, Honiley, Kenilworth, CV8 1PW
Sold Oct 2024
£615,0006 Council House, Meer End Road, Honiley, Kenilworth, CV8 1PW
Sold Nov 2023
£250,000Rook Farm, Meer End Road, Honiley, Kenilworth, CV8 1PW
Sold May 2023
£1,823,975
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Meer End Road homes
On price per m², 1 Rook Farm Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,294
Street avg £3,454
Floor Area
119 m²
Street avg 184 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 7.4 t/year
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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
1.7 km
Honiley Court Hotel — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
Balsall Common Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB