Melrose Cottage, Cheap Street, Chedworth, Cheltenham, GL54 4AA
About Melrose Cottage
Melrose Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Chedworth, Cheltenham, Cheltenham (GL54 4AA). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £756,000 is 45.4% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 50.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in December 2013, so it's been off the market for around 12 years. At 119 m² it's 27% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (163 m² median across 17 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
Melrose Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Sept 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Feb 2026ExtensionConditionsIn report
Partial compliance with conditions 4 (Materials) and 9 (Design details) of permission 24/01886/FUL - Erection of a two storey side extension including a glazed link to the rear
- Agent
- Maslin
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/03986/COMPLY
- May 2018Tree WorksTreesIn report
Fell silver birch
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/01662/TCONR
What's in Melrose Cottage, Cheap Street, Chedworth, Cheltenham, GL54 4AA's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Melrose Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£756,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£520,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 December 2013Most recent
£520,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in GL54 4AA: £450,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in GL54 4AA
Green Close, The Loft, Cheap Street, Chedworth, Cheltenham, GL54 4AA
Sold Sept 2024
£547,800Holmlea, Cheap Street, Chedworth, Cheltenham, GL54 4AA
Sold Sept 2024
£368,200Coombe Cottage, Cheap Street, Chedworth, Cheltenham, GL54 4AA
Sold Jun 2021
£450,000Lauriston House, Cheap Street, Chedworth, Cheltenham, GL54 4AA
Sold Apr 2018
£870,000Baldwin House, Cheap Street, Chedworth, Cheltenham, GL54 4AA
Sold Apr 2017
£50,000
Everything we know about Melrose Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Cheap Street homes
Melrose Cottage is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£4,370
Street avg £3,913
Floor Area
119 m²
Street avg 180 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 9.9 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
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Vicarage — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School. 1 school 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
44.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB