Burghfield House, Rissington Road, Bourton On The Water, Cheltenham, GL54 2AY
About Burghfield House
Burghfield House is a detached house in Bourton-On-The-Water, Cheltenham, Cheltenham (GL54 2AY). It has a recorded floor area of 496 m² (around 5339 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 496 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Burghfield House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
1. To fell to ground level 2 semi mature Ash trees (T1) overhanging garden showing signs of ash die back 2. To pollard 3 Ash (T2) on end of driveway showing signs of ash die back 3. To reduce to approx power line height 2 large Ash (T3) on side of drive - these are dying back, over mature and next to buildings and PROW 4. To pollard large mature Ash in hedgerow (T4) - these are dying back, over mature and next to buildings and PROW
- Agent
- Dowdeswell Forestry
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/02890/TCONR
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Burghfield House has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,662,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in GL54 2AY: £295,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in GL54 2AY
35 Rissington Road, Bourton On The Water, Cheltenham, GL54 2AY
Sold May 2024
£290,00015 Rissington Road, Bourton On The Water, Cheltenham, GL54 2AY
Sold Sept 2023
£375,00012 Rissington Road, Bourton On The Water, Cheltenham, GL54 2AY
Sold Aug 2023
£270,00027 Rissington Road, Bourton On The Water, Cheltenham, GL54 2AY
Sold Nov 2021
£365,00031 Rissington Road, Bourton On The Water, Cheltenham, GL54 2AY
Sold Jan 2021
£295,000
Everything we know about Burghfield House, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Rissington Road homes
On epc rating, Burghfield House runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
30 (F)
Street avg 68 (D)
Floor Area
496 m²
Street avg 94 m²
CO₂ Emissions
36.0 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
13 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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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
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Birdland — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 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.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB