3 Royal Oak Cottages, Bridestowe, Okehampton, EX20 4EN
About 3 Royal Oak Cottages
3 Royal Oak Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bridestowe, Okehampton, Okehampton (EX20 4EN). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 39), 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 electricity.
One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2014. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £159,950. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £202,000 is 26.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£212/sq ft) was about 31.8% below the postcode norm. At 70 m² it's 23.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 8 EPCs).
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- BasementYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingAllocated
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
3 Royal Oak Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Royal Oak Cottages has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Aug 2014RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed building consent for replacement of 4 timber windows with new timber double glazed units.
ListedNew Windows- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 00842/2014
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£202,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.8% per year over 14 years.
£159,950
Growth on file: 1.8% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
25 May 2021Most recent
£159,950
+33.3%over 4 years15 December 2016
£120,000
+18.8%over 3 years22 November 2013
£101,000
-19.2%over 6 years31 May 2007
£125,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX20 4EN: £218,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in EX20 4EN
1 Southball Cottage, Bridestowe, Okehampton, EX20 4EN
Sold Sept 2025
£203,00028 Fore Street, Bridestowe, Okehampton, EX20 4EN
Sold Feb 2025
£260,000Courtyard House, Bridestowe, Okehampton, EX20 4EN
Sold Jan 2022
£480,0001 Royal Oak Cottages, Bridestowe, Okehampton, EX20 4EN
Sold Aug 2019
£346,800Gideons Barn, Bridestowe, Okehampton, EX20 4EN
Sold Apr 2015
£270,000
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What we flagged
- Environmental risk flagged

Versus the street
3 Royal Oak Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,285
Street avg £3,940
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
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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
0.3 km
Garage — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Bridestowe 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
44.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB