Cowshed Cottage, Chelfham, Barnstaple, EX31 4RP
About Cowshed Cottage
Cowshed Cottage is a detached house in Chelfham, Barnstaple, Barnstaple (EX31 4RP). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2017); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Cowshed Cottage has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Feb 2018ConversionHeritageIn report
LISTED BUILDING APPLICATION FOR CONVERSION OF OUT BUILDING TO PROVIDE GAMES ROOM, PARKING & STOREROOM/WORKSHOP
- Council
- SOU
Listed- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 64354
- Feb 2018ConversionFullIn report
CONVERSION OF OUTBUILDING TO PROVIDE GAMES ROOM, PARKING & STOREROOM/WORKSHOP
- Council
- SOU
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 64353
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Cowshed Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£578,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX31 4RP: £520,000 (2023–2013).
Nearby sales in EX31 4RP
Everything we know about Cowshed Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus the street
Cowshed Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
67 (D)
Street avg 46 (E)
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 228 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 10.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
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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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Loxhore Cross — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Goodleigh Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB