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3 Royal Oak Cottages, Bridestowe, Okehampton, EX20 4EN

Listed building4 sales on record1 planning record
Property type
End terrace
Bedrooms
2
Bathroom
1
Floor area
70 m²
753 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 39
Council tax
Band A
Tenure
Private Rental
Overview

About 3 Royal Oak Cottages

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

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

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms2
  • Bathrooms1
  • BasementYes

Outside

  • Private gardenYes
  • ParkingAllocated

Building

  • Listed buildingYes
  • Period featuresYes
  • RefurbishedYes
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

3 Royal Oak Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E39
F
G
Main Heating
Electric & Gas
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
6.7 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 3 Royal Oak Cottages, Bridestowe, Okehampton, EX20 4EN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

3 Royal Oak Cottages has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.

  1. Aug 2014
    RenovationHeritage
    In 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
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£202,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.8% per year over 14 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£159,950

Growth on file: 1.8% per year over 14 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 25 May 2021Most recent

    £159,950

    +33.3%over 4 years
  2. 15 December 2016

    £120,000

    +18.8%over 3 years
  3. 22 November 2013

    £101,000

    -19.2%over 6 years
  4. 31 May 2007

    £125,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in EX20 4EN: £218,000 (2025–2020).

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On the street

Versus the street

Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

3 Royal Oak Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.

Price per m²

£2,285

Street avg £3,940

Below

Floor Area

70 m²

Street avg 92 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

6.7 t/year

Street avg 6.0 t/year

On par
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Okehampton district page.

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.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around EX20 4EN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for EX20 4EN

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.6dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for EX20 4EN

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.2dB

Low
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60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
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Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

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