2 Northway Cottages, Horns Cross, Bideford, EX39 5EA
About 2 Northway Cottages
2 Northway Cottages is a detached house in Horns Cross, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 5EA). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in April 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (77 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 22.4% per year.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Northway Cottages has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Proposed first floor extension
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 1/0027/2021/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
2 Northway Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£338,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 22.4% per year over 10 years.
£340,000
Growth on file: 22.4% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
15 April 2009Most recent
£340,000
+655.6%over 9 years18 April 1999
£45,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX39 5EA: £385,000 (2022–2011).
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£300,000Highfield, Horns Cross, Bideford, EX39 5EA
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£71,000
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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
0.5 km
Hoops Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Atlantic Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB








