Pilton Cottage, Ladywell, Barnstaple, EX31 1QS

Pilton Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Barnstaple (EX31 1QS). It has a recorded floor area of 199 m² (around 2145 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 34). The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 199 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 9 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2009–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£424/sq ft) was about 53.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £910,000 in August 2023.