12 The Square, North Tawton, EX20 2EP
About 12 The Square
12 The Square is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in North Tawton (EX20 2EP). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 767 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. At 71 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 8 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 54–143 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 8 units on file. The latest certificate (February 2012) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The latest certificate is from February 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
8 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£502/sq ft) was about 211.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £385,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- StudyYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
Energy performance
12 The Square's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 Feb 2022
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Planning history
12 The Square has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Oct 2023Solar PanelsHeritageIn report
Listed Building Consent for installation of solar panels on barn roof
- Council
- West Devon
Listed- Documents
- 50 docs on file
- Reference
- 1786/23/LBC
- May 2014HeritageIn report
Approval of details reserved by condition 3, 4, 5 and 6 attached to planning permission 00980/2013 for listed building consent for erection of extension and associated alterations.
Listed- Reference
- 00527/2014
What's in 12 The Square, North Tawton, EX20 2EP's planning history?
6 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 12 The Square was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£418,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.5% per year over 9 years.
£385,000
Growth on file: 3.5% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
27 June 2021Most recent
£385,000
+35.1%over 8 years31 October 2012
£285,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX20 2EP: £155,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in EX20 2EP
14 The Square, North Tawton, EX20 2EP
Sold Mar 2025
£290,00015a, The Square, North Tawton, EX20 2EP
Sold Jun 2024
£155,000Flat 1, 11 The Square, North Tawton, EX20 2EP
Sold Oct 2022
£5,350Flat 2, 11 The Square, North Tawton, EX20 2EP
Sold Apr 2022
£106,50010 The Square, North Tawton, EX20 2EP
Sold Sept 2021
£172,500
Everything we know about 12 The Square, in one report
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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
0.0 km
Clock Tower — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
North Tawton Community Primary School and Nursery. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB