Tors Top, Cornborough Road, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1AA
About Tors Top
Tors Top is a three-bedroom detached house in Westward Ho, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 1AA). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 973 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 55), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 90 m² it sits well below the postcode median (157 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2008–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £351,000 is 40.4% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£257/sq ft) was about 48.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in June 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
Tors Top sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Oct 2018
EPC Rating
Planning history
Tors Top has an approved extension on the planning record.
- May 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Proposed balcony
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 1/0158/2020/FUL
- Feb 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Alterations, extension and new roof
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 1/1224/2015/FUL
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Tors Top
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£351,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.9% per year over 7 years.
£250,000
Growth on file: 0.9% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
18 June 2015Most recent
£250,000
+6.4%over 7 years12 May 2008
£235,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX39 1AA: £385,000 (2022–2019).
Nearby sales in EX39 1AA
11 Cornborough Road, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1AA
Sold Aug 2022
£365,000Carnbrae, Cornborough Road, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1AA
Sold Apr 2022
£750,0002 Cornborough Road, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1AA
Sold Feb 2021
£660,00019 Cornborough Road, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1AA
Sold Jan 2021
£345,0005 Cornborough Road, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1AA
Sold Jan 2019
£385,000
Versus other Cornborough Road homes
On epc rating, Tors Top runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,766
Street avg £2,424
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 168 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 5.4 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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Francis Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
St Margaret's Church of England Junior School. 5 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB








