St Catherines, New North Road, Exeter, EX4 4AG
About St Catherines
St Catherines is a five-bedroom detached house in Exeter (EX4 4AG). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2025) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in July 2019 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. Period features are noted in the property record.
12 planning records sit against the property, 11 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, new windows and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 165 m² it's 26.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (225 m² median across 5 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2019–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,005,000 is 11.7% above the 2024 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£507/sq ft) was about 147.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2024 for £900,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-west-facing
- GarageDouble
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
High performance glazing installed
Cavity wall insulation installed
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
Solar PV panels (25 kWp) installed
Hot water system upgraded
Solar water heating added
Planning history
A new windows application was refused at St Catherines in 2021.
- Jan 2025PorchFullIn report
Remove existing Porch and erect replacement glass roofed Porch. Fix cladding to NE and SW gable ends of Garage. Remove slates from roof of box bay window and replace with GRP roofing system.
- Agent
- Christopher Fearn Limited
Extension- Documents
- 38 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/1433/FUL
- Sept 2024ExtensionConditionsIn report
Application Reference Number: 24/0226/FUL Date of Decision: 03/05/2024 Condition Number(s): 2 Revised drawings to include the following variations: Victorian Veranda to the south - east elevation. Amended roof arrangement and entrance door to the extension to the south - east elevation. Widen the Landing dormer to the south - east elevation to provide additional headroom to the second floor landing. Horizontal Cedral cladding to first floor extension to the north - east elevation. Horizontal Cedral cladding to all dormer cheeks. To include amended drawings 286/6C, 7C, 8C, 9C, 10D, 11D, 12D and 13C showing the proposed variations
- Agent
- Christopher Fearn Limited
- Council
- 24/0226/FUL
- Documents
- 49 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/0640/VOC
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on St Catherines was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,005,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.5% per year over 4 years.
£900,000
Growth on file: 13.5% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
22 January 2024Most recent
£900,000
+69.8%over 4 years14 November 2019
£530,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in EX4 4AG: £575,000 (2023–2012).
Everything we know about St Catherines, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other New North Road homes
St Catherines outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,455
Street avg £2,725
Floor Area
165 m²
Street avg 228 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
12/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Kilbarran Rise — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Exeter College. 19 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB