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Virgos Cottage, New Road, Blakeney, GL15 4DE

3 sales on record1 planning record
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
4
Bathroom
1
Floor area
123 m²
1324 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 43
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Virgos Cottage

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

Virgos Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Blakeney (GL15 4DE). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

One planning record on file: solar panel installation approved in 2022. Past consents include solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £665,000 is 15.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£434/sq ft) was about 122.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £575,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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

  • Bedrooms4
  • Bathrooms1
  • Dining roomYes

Outside

  • Private gardenYes

Building

  • Heating systemLpg
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

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

Virgos Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E43
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
7.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Virgos Cottage, New Road, Blakeney, GL15 4DE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Planning records include a solar-panel installation at Virgos Cottage.

  1. Jul 2022
    Solar PanelsFull
    In report

    Installation of 12 ground mounted solar panels with associated works.

    Documents
    17 docs on file
    Reference
    P0602/22/FUL
    View planning record
Before you offer

We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Virgos Cottage

Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.

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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.

Latest sale on Virgos Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£665,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 24 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2021)

£575,000

Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 24 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 17 December 2021Most recent

    £575,000

    +74.2%over 14 years
  2. 7 June 2007

    £330,000

    +200.0%over 9 years
  3. 20 August 1997

    £110,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in GL15 4DE: £264,999 (2024–2009).

On the street

Versus other New Road homes

Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for Virgos Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£4,675

Street avg £2,337

Strongly above

Floor Area

123 m²

Street avg 132 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

7.5 t/year

Street avg 6.4 t/year

Below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Virgos Cottage

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Larger development activity nearby
£14.99one-off

30-day money-back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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

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

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Telephone Box — bus stop.

Closest school

0.7 km

Blakeney Primary School. 2 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 GL15 4DE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for GL15 4DE

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.7dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for GL15 4DE

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.2dB

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 Virgos Cottage, New Road, Blakeney, GL15 4DE. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.