3 Penny Black Cottages, Post Office Lane, Tewkesbury, GL20 5AD

3 Penny Black Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Tewkesbury (GL20 5AD). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since August 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 64), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 50 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 49–89 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (30 versus a best of 64). Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced Tewkesbury HPI: 3.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£312/sq ft) was about 116.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 50 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 6 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer was January 2025 at £168,000 — fresh data.