Castle Keep, Warren Wood Drive, High Wycombe, HP11 1DY
About Castle Keep
Castle Keep is a four-bedroom detached house in High Wycombe (HP11 1DY). It has a recorded floor area of 211 m² (around 2271 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a balcony and a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
It changed hands recently, sold June 2025 for £1,215,000. 8 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£535/sq ft) was about 457.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- Bathrooms3
- Open-plan layoutYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- BalconyYes
- Summer houseYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
Castle Keep's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Solar water heating installed
Planning history
Planning records include a solar-panel installation at Castle Keep.
- Sept 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
Reduce back to previous points by 1-1.5 metre lateral reduction to take overhang off driveway x several Yew (G1) and reduce laterally by up to 3.5 metres to bring canopy back to boundary line as overhangs garden x 1 Yew (T1)
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/06797/CTREE
- Jan 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
List and/or reduce all branches overhanging the garden of Castle Keep to boundary, to height of 5m
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/08117/CTREE
We flagged 2 things worth checking at Castle Keep
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.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for Castle Keep has grown more than fourfold since the 1995 starting point.
£1,109,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 30 years.
£1,215,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 30 years.
Sales timeline
26 June 2025Most recent
£1,215,000
+22.7%over 9 years19 June 2016
£990,000
23 July 2012
£990,000
+57.8%over 8 years28 September 2003
£627,500
+160.4%over 8 years6 April 1995
£241,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP11 1DY: £237,500 (2020–1996).
Nearby sales in HP11 1DY
Everything we know about Castle Keep, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

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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
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Chestnut Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Beechview Academy. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB