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Get startedPenny Cottage, Crows Lane, Upper Farringdon, Alton, GU34 3ED
3 sales on record
About Penny Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Penny Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Upper Farringdon, Alton, Alton (GU34 3ED). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a C (score 70).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,112,000 is 11.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£505/sq ft) was about 47.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 184 m² the property is well over the postcode median (117 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £1,000,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
C70
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.3 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Penny Cottage, Crows Lane, Upper Farringdon, Alton, GU34 3ED, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Penny Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2022ExtensionFullGranted
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Penny Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2004.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£1,112,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 18 years.
Last sold (2022)
£1,000,000
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Crows Lane homes
Four headline reads against 12 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Habitable Rooms for Penny Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,435
Street avg £4,901
Floor Area
184 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Alton district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around GU34 3ED from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 16 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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Common questions
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