The Old Rectory, Ashford, Barnstaple, EX31 4BY

The Old Rectory is a detached house in Ashford, Barnstaple, Barnstaple (EX31 4BY). It has a recorded floor area of 236 m² (around 2540 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 236 m² the property is well over the postcode median (160 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £836,000 is 22% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£270/sq ft) was about 44% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in March 2017.