1 The Forge, Manor Road, Kings Bromley, Burton On Trent, DE13 7HZ
About 1 The Forge
1 The Forge is a detached house in Kings Bromley, Burton-On-Trent, Burton On Trent (DE13 7HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (109 m² across 26 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £362,000 sits 196.7% above the 2018 sale of £122,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£151/sq ft) was about 36.1% below the postcode norm. Sold December 2018 for £122,000.
Energy performance
1 The Forge sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
An application for a single-storey side extension is currently awaiting a decision.
3 applications on record at 1 The Forge, Manor Road, Kings Bromley, Burton On Trent, DE13 7HZ
1 live now- Mar 2013Change of UseAmendmentOutcome in report
Change of use from industrial to one bedroom dwelling
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/00087/COU
- More recent applications — locked
- Solar PanelsMar 2026Decision
- Change of UseOct 2013Decision
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Sales history & valuation
£362,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£122,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 December 2018Most recent
£122,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DE13 7HZ: £675,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in DE13 7HZ
19 Manor Road, Kings Bromley, Burton On Trent, DE13 7HZ
Sold Apr 2023
£675,0003 Manor Road, Kings Bromley, Burton On Trent, DE13 7HZ
Sold Nov 2022
£555,000Silver Thatch, Manor Road, Kings Bromley, Burton On Trent, DE13 7HZ
Sold Aug 2022
£827,5001 Manor Farm Mews, Manor Road, Kings Bromley, Burton On Trent, DE13 7HZ
Sold May 2021
£485,00025 Manor Road, Kings Bromley, Burton On Trent, DE13 7HZ
Sold Apr 2021
£710,000
Versus other Manor Road homes
On epc rating, 1 The Forge runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,627
Street avg £3,098
Floor Area
75 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 4.7 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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Royal Oak PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
The Richard Crosse CofE Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.7dB







