What type of property is Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF?

Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF is a 3-bedroom detached house, listed for its heritage value.

What did Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF sell for?

Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF last sold for £715,000 in December 2021, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £115,000 in September 1998. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF?

Across 3 sales between September 1998 and December 2021, Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF rose from £115,000 to £715,000, a change of £600,000. That works out to roughly +8.2% per year compounded over 23 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF?

The current EPC rating for Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF is E with a score of 42 out of 100, lodged in September 2020. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF?

Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (1,744 sq ft), around 54 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 19% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in GL4 0XF. Source: EPC Register.

How is Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF heated?

The latest EPC at Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF records oil as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF?

Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF is in council tax band F. That sits towards the upper end of the band ladder, typically reflecting larger or higher-value homes.

Where is Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF located?

Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF sits in Harescombe, Gloucester, Gloucester. It falls within the GL4 postcode district in Gloucestershire.

What is crime like near Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF?

Police records around Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF show an average of 6 reported crimes per month over the last 12 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 56% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF?

The closest primary school to Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF is Hunts Grove Primary Academy (2.4km), one of 4 primaries within walking distance.

How well connected is Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF?

The closest bus stop to Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, GL4 0XF is Upper Wells, 570m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, Harescombe, Gloucester, GL4 0XF

Listed buildingNotable views3 sales on record1 planning record

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

162 m²

1744 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 42

Council tax

Band F

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About Spring Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Spring Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Harescombe, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL4 0XF). It has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (around 1744 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 162 m² it's 19.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (136 m² median across 3 EPCs). Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £804,000 is 12.4% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £715,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2012.

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Risks

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Sold prices

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Trends

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Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms2
Dining roomYes
EnsuiteYes
StudyYes
FireplaceYes

Outside

Private gardenYes
GarageYes
Notable viewsYes

Building

Listed buildingYes
Period featuresYes

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Spring Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

E42

Main Heating

Electric & Gas

Main Fuel

Oil

Hot Water

Average

Windows

Poor

CO2 Emissions

8.6 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Spring Cottage, Styles Lane, Harescombe, Gloucester, GL4 0XF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Nov 2012
RenovationHeritage
In report
Replace existing softwood, single-glazed painted windows with Oak windows of traditional casement window design, unpainted and single paned.
New Windows
Documents
5 docs on file
Reference
S.12/1843/LBC
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Spring Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.

Current estimate

£804,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 23 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£715,000

Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 23 years.

Sales timeline

14 December 2021Most recent
£715,000
+25.4%over 1 year
7 October 2020
£570,000
+395.7%over 22 years
24 September 1998
£115,000

Median price across the last 3 sales in GL4 0XF: £156,000 (2015–1998).

Nearby sales in GL4 0XF

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On the street

Versus other Styles Lane homes

Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Spring Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.

EPC Rating

42 (E)

Street avg 56 (D)

Strongly below

Floor Area

162 m²

Street avg 147 m²

Above

CO₂ Emissions

8.6 t/year

Street avg 8.6 t/year

On par

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Below

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

6/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.6 km

Upper Wells — bus stop.

Closest school

2.4 km

Hunts Grove Primary Academy. 4 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around GL4 0XF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.9dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for GL4 0XF

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

40.7dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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