Lower Fifehead Farm, Little Brook, Fifehead St Quintin, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2AP
About Lower Fifehead Farm
Lower Fifehead Farm is a detached house in Fifehead St. Quintin, Sturminster Newton, Sturminster Newton (DT10 2AP). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since February 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 165 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £556,000 sits 1290% above the 1995 sale of £40,000. One planning record on file: partial demolition approved in 2010. Past consents include partial demolition, 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
Lower Fifehead Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Sept 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Dec 2010DemolitionFullIn report
Erect a block of 3 stables (demolish existing stables)
- Council
- North Dorset
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2010/1093/PLNG
What's in Lower Fifehead Farm, Little Brook, Fifehead St Quintin, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2AP's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Lower Fifehead Farm was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£556,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£40,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
1 February 1995Most recent
£40,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DT10 2AP: £645,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in DT10 2AP
Brook Cottage, Fifehead St Quintin, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2AP
Sold Jan 2024
£867,400Saddleback Cottage, Fifehead St Quintin, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2AP
Sold May 2023
£645,000Tamworth Cottage, Fifehead St Quintin, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2AP
Sold Oct 2022
£745,000The Nook, Fifehead St Quintin, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2AP
Sold Jul 2022
£362,000Peach Farm, Fifehead St Quintin, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2AP
Sold Nov 2017
£770,000
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Versus the street
Lower Fifehead Farm outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
52 (E)
Street avg 35 (F)
Floor Area
165 m²
Street avg 128 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.6 t/year
Street avg 10.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 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
1.4 km
Woodrow House — bus stop.
Closest school
2.7 km
Hazelbury Bryan Primary School. 1 school 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
42.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB