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Get started2 Penny Black Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Tewkesbury (GL20 5AD). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a loft. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced Tewkesbury HPI: 4.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £160,000 is 36.2% above the 2016 sale price. At 66 m² it's 16.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 6 EPCs). On the market in June 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
2 Penny Black Cottages has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1997.
£160,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 19 years.
£117,500
Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 19 years.
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
External or internal wall insulation added
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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10 June 2016Most recent
£117,500
+2.4%over 10 years20 December 2005
£114,750
+136.6%over 8 years2 December 1997
£48,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in GL20 5AD: £105,000 (2025–2011).
3 Penny Black Cottages Post Office Lane Tewkesbury
Sold Jan 2025
4 Penny Black Cottages Post Office Lane Tewkesbury
Sold Dec 2016
6 Penny Black Cottages Post Office Lane Tewkesbury
Sold Feb 2011
1 Penny Black Cottages Post Office Lane Tewkesbury
Sold Dec 2005
5 Penny Black Cottages Post Office Lane Tewkesbury
Sold Feb 2004
GL20 5BA
The Cross — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Tewkesbury Church of England Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Flood risk
Low
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB
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