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Keepers Cottage, 2 High Street, Bourton On The Water, Cheltenham, GL54 2AP

Property type
Mid terrace
Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
94 m²
1012 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 53
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Private Rental
Overview

About Keepers Cottage

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

Keepers Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bourton-On-The-Water, Cheltenham, Cheltenham (GL54 2AP). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Last sold in July 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. At 94 m² it's 21% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 8 EPCs). Across 2006–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at -5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £412,000 is 30.4% above the 2015 sale price.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

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

  • Bedrooms2
  • Bathrooms2
  • Dining roomYes
  • CloakroomYes
  • EnsuiteYes

Outside

  • ParkingYes
Energy

Energy performance

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

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

Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Mar 2025

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E53
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
8.0 t/year
Occupancy
Rented

Property Improvements

Changes detected from historical EPC data

Mar 2025from Oct 2014
Windows
SinglePartial Double

Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing

Roof Insulation
UninsulatedInsulated

Roof insulation improved

Low Energy Lighting
0%52%

More low energy lighting installed

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Keepers Cottage, 2 High Street, Bourton On The Water, Cheltenham, GL54 2AP, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Keepers Cottage has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

5applications of note in the surrounding area

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We flagged 2 things worth checking at Keepers Cottage

Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.

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  • Environmental risk flagged
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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.
Current estimate

£412,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -5.1% per year over 9 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2015)

£316,000

Growth on file: -5.1% per year over 9 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 20 July 2015Most recent

    £316,000

    -36.3%over 8 years
  2. 8 December 2006

    £496,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in GL54 2AP: £750,000 (2024–2022).

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On the street

Versus other High Street homes

Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On habitable rooms, Keepers Cottage runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£3,362

Street avg £2,710

Above

Floor Area

94 m²

Street avg 173 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 8 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

8.0 t/year

Street avg 7.2 t/year

Below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Cheltenham district page.

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

0.0 km

Newsagent — bus stop.

Closest school

0.2 km

Bourton-on-the-Water Primary School. 2 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around GL54 2AP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for GL54 2AP

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.2dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for GL54 2AP

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.8dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Keepers Cottage, 2 High Street, Bourton On The Water, Cheltenham, GL54 2AP. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.