Vine House, Penny Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DE
About Vine House
Vine House is a detached house in Sturminster Newton (DT10 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 334 m² (around 3595 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66).
At 334 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2019. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Vine House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- May 2019Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Betula Pendula (small) - Remove to ground level due to severe decay in the base of the tree. T2 - Maple (medium) - Removal of dead wood and suspended broken branches.
- Council
- North Dorset
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2019/0576/CATREE
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Vine House has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£766,000
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 1DE: £260,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in DT10 1DE
Corner Cottage, Penny Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DE
Sold Jul 2025
£260,000Coachmans Cottage, Penny Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DE
Sold Jan 2025
£290,000Pellys, Penny Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DE
Sold Jul 2022
£830,000Petersham Cottage, Penny Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DE
Sold Oct 2021
£192,50010 Lane Fox Terrace, Penny Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1DE
Sold Oct 2021
£230,000
Everything we know about Vine House, 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 Penny Street homes
EPC Rating for Vine House lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
334 m²
Street avg 89 m²
CO₂ Emissions
17.0 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
13 rooms
Street avg 4 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
Car Park — 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
47.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB