1 College Close, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1BL
About 1 College Close
1 College Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Westward Ho, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 1BL). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£369/sq ft) was about 105.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £595,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
Energy performance
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Aug 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 College Close has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Jan 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension of existing garage to provide additional living accommodation to the existing property
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 1/1048/2022/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£585,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 5 years.
£595,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
23 May 2022Most recent
£595,000
+45.3%over 4 years5 September 2017
£409,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX39 1BL: £550,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in EX39 1BL
29 College Close, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1BL
Sold Dec 2024
£380,000The Retreat, College Close, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1BL
Sold Apr 2024
£610,0007 College Close, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1BL
Sold Sept 2022
£440,00038 College Close, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1BL
Sold May 2022
£550,000Coast House, College Close, Westward Ho, Bideford, EX39 1BL
Sold Jun 2021
£686,250
Versus other College Close homes
Price per m² for 1 College Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,967
Street avg £2,856
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 133 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
0.2 km
Francis Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
St Margaret's Church of England Junior School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB








