Ivy Cottage, High Street, Crowle, Scunthorpe, DN17 4LD
About Ivy Cottage
Ivy Cottage is a detached house in Crowle, Scunthorpe, Scunthorpe (DN17 4LD). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.
At 45 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 20 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. One planning record on file: new windows refused in 2017.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Ivy Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Planning history
- Mar 2017RenovationFullIn report
Planning permission to retain replacement windows and door on the front elevation from wooden to UPVC
New Windows- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- PA/2016/1096
What's in Ivy Cottage, High Street, Crowle, Scunthorpe, DN17 4LD's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Ivy Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£158,000
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 5 sales in DN17 4LD: £120,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in DN17 4LD
16 High Street, Crowle, Scunthorpe, DN17 4LD
Sold Jan 2024
£80,00040 High Street, Crowle, Scunthorpe, DN17 4LD
Sold Dec 2023
£345,0005 High Street, Crowle, Scunthorpe, DN17 4LD
Sold Aug 2023
£120,0008 High Street, Crowle, Scunthorpe, DN17 4LD
Sold May 2022
£227,0005a, High Street, Crowle, Scunthorpe, DN17 4LD
Sold Jan 2022
£71,000
Everything we know about Ivy Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other High Street homes
Floor Area for Ivy Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
52 (E)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
45 m²
Street avg 112 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Tesco — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Norbert's Catholic Voluntary Academy. 3 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB