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Quarries Cottage, Barley Lane, Exeter, EX4 1TA

Notable views2 planning records
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathroom
1
Floor area
93 m²
1001 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 63
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Quarries Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Quarries Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Exeter (EX4 1TA). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include notable views.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £402,000 is 34% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 48.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 93 m² it's 27.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (129 m² median across 19 EPCs). Sold June 2021 for £300,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms1
  • Dining roomYes

Outside

  • ParkingOff road
  • Notable viewsYes

Building

  • Central heatingYes
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D63
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Quarries Cottage, Barley Lane, Exeter, EX4 1TA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
  1. Apr 2022
    RenovationAmendment
    In report

    Provision of ground floor bedroom windows and first floor obscured windows to bedroom ensuites.

    Agent
    Woods Design Services
    Council
    21/1664/FUL
    New Windows
    Documents
    8 docs on file
    Reference
    22/0383/NMA
    View planning record
  2. Jan 2022
    Loft ConversionFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey · Rear of property

    Single storey rear extension and roof space conversion and extension incorporating inverted dormers

    Agent
    Woods Design Services
    Extension
    Documents
    20 docs on file
    Reference
    21/1664/FUL
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£402,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2021)

£300,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 15 June 2021Most recent

    £300,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in EX4 1TA: £625,000 (2025–2022).

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What we flagged

  • Signs of HMO activity in the area
  • Larger development activity nearby
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On the street

Versus other Barley Lane homes

Four headline reads against 19 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Quarries Cottage is notably below the street on floor area.

Price per m²

£3,226

Street avg £2,952

On par

Floor Area

93 m²

Street avg 156 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

4.0 t/year

Street avg 4.9 t/year

Above
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Exeter district page.

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

12/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Croft Chase — bus stop.

Closest school

0.8 km

Bowhill Primary School. 12 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around EX4 1TA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for EX4 1TA

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.5dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for EX4 1TA

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.2dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Quarries Cottage, Barley Lane, Exeter, EX4 1TA. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.