Windmill Cottage, The Folly, Parkend, Lydney, GL15 4JQ
About Windmill Cottage
Windmill Cottage is a detached house in Parkend, Lydney, Lydney (GL15 4JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Windmill Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Windmill Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£207,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in GL15 4JQ: £250,000 (2022–2010).
Nearby sales in GL15 4JQ
Pike House, The Folly, Parkend, Lydney, GL15 4JQ
Sold Feb 2022
£425,000Folly Cottage, The Folly, Parkend, Lydney, GL15 4JQ
Sold Jul 2021
£250,000Forest View, The Folly, Parkend, Lydney, GL15 4JQ
Sold Jun 2019
£248,500Lilac Cottage, 1 The Folly, Parkend, Lydney, GL15 4JQ
Sold Jan 2010
£125,000Western Lodge, The Folly, Parkend, Lydney, GL15 4JQ
Sold Jun 2007
£405,000
Versus other The Folly homes
Floor Area for Windmill Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 34 (F)
Floor Area
53 m²
Street avg 131 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 10.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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







