Courtyard Cottage, Main Road, Pillowell, Lydney, GL15 4QX
About Courtyard Cottage
Courtyard Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Pillowell, Lydney, Lydney (GL15 4QX). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2000–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £520,000 sits 52.9% above the 2016 sale of £340,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 49.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. 10 years since the last transfer (May 2016).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Energy performance
Courtyard Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Oct 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at Courtyard Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Mar 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Silver Birch next to house, reduce to previous height and reduce width accordingly to give clearance from house and chimney in particular. T2 Beech, reduce to previous points. T3 Acer, reduce to previous points. T4 Hazel, reduce to previous points. T5 Cherry, reduce to previous points. T6 Goat Willow, reduce to just below previous points, in order to create a 5m pollard. The work is proposed in order to maintain trees to a suitable size for the garden.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- P0241/24/TCA
- Aug 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
25 % height and 58% crown reduction of x 1 Silver Birch tree; 40% reduction of x 1 willow tree; 20% reduction of rear hedge line at courtyard cottage.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- P1060/20/TCA
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.
£520,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 16 years.
£340,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
24 May 2016Most recent
£340,000
+106.1%over 15 years24 August 2000
£165,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GL15 4QX: £95,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in GL15 4QX
Patchway, Main Road, Pillowell, Lydney, GL15 4QX
Sold Oct 2025
£330,000The Willows, Main Road, Pillowell, Lydney, GL15 4QX
Sold Sept 2021
£405,000Beechenhurst, Flat 5, Main Road, Pillowell, Lydney, GL15 4QX
Sold Apr 2018
£65,000Beechenhurst, Flat 2, Main Road, Pillowell, Lydney, GL15 4QX
Sold Apr 2018
£75,000Beechenhurst, Flat 1, Main Road, Pillowell, Lydney, GL15 4QX
Sold Apr 2018
£95,000
Versus other Main Road homes
Courtyard Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,166
Street avg £2,269
Floor Area
157 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 5.8 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
0.0 km
School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Pillowell Community Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB







