Rose Cottage, High Street, West Wycombe, High Wycombe, HP14 3AG
About Rose Cottage
Rose Cottage is a detached house in West Wycombe, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP14 3AG). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
One planning record on file: a porch approved in 2019. Past consents include a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Rose Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Rose Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Nov 2019PorchHeritageIn report
Listed Building application for replacement window and associated general repairs to Rose Cottage including repointing of chimney stack and replacement porch.
Listed- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/07090/LBC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Rose Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£430,000
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 3 sales in HP14 3AG: £512,000 (2024–2010).
Everything we know about Rose Cottage, 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 High Street homes
On epc rating, Rose Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
21 (F)
Street avg 45 (E)
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 82 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.5 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
The Swan Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
West Wycombe School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB