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Get startedWitts Cottage is a detached house in Bibury, Cirencester, Cirencester (GL7 5NE). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 98), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £730,000 is 37.5% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£444/sq ft) was about 17.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in July 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years. At 111 m² it's 18.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (137 m² median across 12 EPCs).
Witts Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history at Witts Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
T1 - Sweet Chestnut - Perform a cut back by up to 0.5 m inside of boundary line garden side
Witts Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£730,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 21 years.
£531,000
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 21 years.
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Price per m²
£4,784
Street avg £4,949
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 133 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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T1 - Walnut - Crown reduction of 20%; T2 - Sweet Chestnut - 20% crown reduction; T3 - Multi-stem Cherry - 20% crown reduction
2 more applications for this property
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12 July 2017Most recent
£531,000
-13.7%over 1 year29 January 2016
£615,000
+389.1%over 19 years12 June 1996
£125,750
Median price across the last 5 sales in GL7 5NE: £930,000 (2024–2022).
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CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 8.3 t/year
Bibury Post Office — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Bibury Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB