Hillcrest, The Knoll, Cranham, Gloucester, GL4 8HR
About Hillcrest
Hillcrest is a detached house in Cranham, Gloucester, Gloucester (GL4 8HR). It has a recorded floor area of 212 m² (around 2282 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Held since July 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 212 m² the property is well over the postcode median (158 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £748,000 sits 498.4% above the 1996 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£55/sq ft) was about 72.7% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.
Energy performance
Hillcrest's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 29 September 2034
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Planning history
2 applications on record at Hillcrest, The Knoll, Cranham, Gloucester, GL4 8HR
- Jun 2009FullOutcome in report
Conversion of existing garage to summer room. Erection of double garage with two ensuite bedrooms above.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- S.09/0763/HHOLD
- More recent applications — locked
- MixedOct 2009Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Hillcrest's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£748,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£125,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 July 1996Most recent
£125,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GL4 8HR: £860,000 (2023–2016).
Nearby sales in GL4 8HR
Berry Brow Barnfield Lea, The Knoll, Cranham, Gloucester, GL4 8HR
Sold Aug 2023
£860,000Timbertops, The Knoll, Cranham, Gloucester, GL4 8HR
Sold Nov 2021
£910,000Monastery Bells Barnfield Lea, The Knoll, Cranham, Gloucester, GL4 8HR
Sold Apr 2021
£895,000Knowle House, The Knoll, Cranham, Gloucester, GL4 8HR
Sold Feb 2019
£755,000Trouville, The Knoll, Cranham, Gloucester, GL4 8HR
Sold Apr 2016
£315,000
Versus other The Knoll homes
Price per m² for Hillcrest lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£590
Street avg £2,935
Floor Area
212 m²
Street avg 173 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 6.6 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
212/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
The Knoll — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Cranham Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB







