Prospect Cottage, Lower Wye Valley Road, St Briavels, Lydney, GL15 6RR
About Prospect Cottage
Prospect Cottage is a detached house in St. Briavels, Lydney, Lydney (GL15 6RR). It has a recorded floor area of 163 m² (around 1755 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2023. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £730,000 is 23.7% above the 2020 sale price. Last sale on file: £590,000 in November 2020.
Energy performance
Prospect Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2023RenovationFullIn report
Replacement of several windows and doors within existing openings.
New Windows- Documents
- 27 docs on file
- Reference
- P1030/23/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for Prospect Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£730,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.6% per year over 24 years.
£590,000
Growth on file: 8.6% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
5 November 2020Most recent
£590,000
+18.0%over 11 years1 October 2009
£500,000
+541.0%over 13 years23 May 1996
£78,000
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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
0.6 km
Old Market Garden — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
St Briavels Parochial Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB







