Badger Cottage, 2 The Folly, Parkend, Lydney, GL15 4JQ
About Badger Cottage
Badger Cottage is a semi-detached house in Parkend, Lydney, Lydney (GL15 4JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in September 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £243,000 sits 539.5% above the 1996 sale of £38,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£45/sq ft) was about 75.5% below the postcode norm. At 78 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (96 m² median across 8 EPCs).
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Energy performance
Badger Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
Badger Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Badger Cottage was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£243,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£38,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 September 1996Most recent
£38,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GL15 4JQ: £250,000 (2022–2010).
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£250,000Forest View, The Folly, Parkend, Lydney, GL15 4JQ
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£248,500Lilac Cottage, 1 The Folly, Parkend, Lydney, GL15 4JQ
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£125,000Western Lodge, The Folly, Parkend, Lydney, GL15 4JQ
Sold Jun 2007
£405,000
Versus other The Folly homes
Badger Cottage is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£487
Street avg £2,666
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 128 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 9.6 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Arthur's Folly — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Parkend Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB