Fern Cottage, The Row, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1AX
About Fern Cottage
Fern Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Sturminster Newton (DT10 1AX). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in July 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2006. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 72 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 4 EPCs).
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Feb 2006Change of UseAmendmentIn report
Change of use from office (Class A2) to residential (Class C3) to form 1 No. dwelling
- Council
- North Dorset
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2005/0628
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Sales history & valuation
Fern Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£253,000
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 DT10 1AX: £285,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in DT10 1AX
Everything we know about Fern Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other The Row homes
EPC Rating for Fern Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
59 (D)
Street avg 68 (D)
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 98 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 3.5 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Library — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
William Barnes Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB