1 Southdown Cottages, Higher Clovelly, Bideford, EX39 5SA
About 1 Southdown Cottages
1 Southdown Cottages is a semi-detached house in Higher Clovelly, Bideford, Bideford (EX39 5SA). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 188 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Last changed hands 8 years ago, in May 2018. Today's modelled estimate of £589,000 is 44.5% above the 2018 sale price.
Energy performance
1 Southdown Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Southdown Cottages has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
1 Southdown Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£589,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£407,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 May 2018Most recent
£407,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX39 5SA: £415,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in EX39 5SA
Highford Farm, The Long Barn, Higher Clovelly, Bideford, EX39 5SA
Sold Jul 2024
£256,0002 Southdown Cottages, Higher Clovelly, Bideford, EX39 5SA
Sold Oct 2020
£415,000Highford Farm Cottage, Higher Clovelly, Bideford, EX39 5SA
Sold Apr 2020
£270,000Highford Cottage, Higher Clovelly, Bideford, EX39 5SA
Sold Aug 2019
£620,000The Retreat, Higher Clovelly, Bideford, EX39 5SA
Sold Oct 2017
£905,000
Versus the street
1 Southdown Cottages outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,168
Street avg £2,743
Floor Area
188 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 4.9 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
0.8 km
Lighthouse Cross — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB








