8 Fairfield, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, EX31 4RX
About 8 Fairfield
8 Fairfield is a four-bedroom detached house in Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, Barnstaple (EX31 4RX). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on lpg.
Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in March 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £344,000 sits 364.9% above the 2000 sale of £74,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£54/sq ft) was about 78.6% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory, a basement excavation and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Fairfield has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Feb 2003ConservatoryFullIn report
ERECTION OF CONSERVATORY
- Council
- NRAC
Extension- Reference
- 34453
- May 2001BasementFullIn report
ALTERATIONS & EXTENSION TO DWELLING INCLUDING SITING OF UNDERGROUND LPG TANK & ACCESS ALTERATIONS TOGETHER WITH RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION IN RESPECT OF PATIO AREA & ALTERATION TO GROUND LEVELS IN REAR GARDEN (AMENDMENT TO PLAN. PER. 28880) (AMENDED DESCRIPTION & PLANS)
- Council
- NRAC
ExtensionAnnex- Reference
- 29547
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
8 Fairfield's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£344,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£74,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 March 2000Most recent
£74,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX31 4RX: £330,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in EX31 4RX
22 Fairfield, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, EX31 4RX
Sold Oct 2024
£301,55515 Fairfield, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, EX31 4RX
Sold Jun 2023
£335,00017 Fairfield, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, EX31 4RX
Sold Oct 2022
£275,00019 Fairfield, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, EX31 4RX
Sold Jul 2022
£330,00012 Fairfield, Bratton Fleming, Barnstaple, EX31 4RX
Sold Sept 2021
£340,000
Everything we know about 8 Fairfield, 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 other Fairfield homes
Price per m² for 8 Fairfield lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£578
Street avg £3,135
Floor Area
128 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.0 t/year
Street avg 5.0 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Lower Bratton Fleming — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Bratton Fleming Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB