Jacobs Ladder, Bricks Lane, Beacons Bottom, High Wycombe, HP14 3XG
About Jacobs Ladder
Jacobs Ladder is a detached house in Beacons Bottom, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP14 3XG). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1905 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (April 2020) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 177 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Jacobs Ladder's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2018PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Householder application for construction of single storey front extension, entrance porch canopy and fenestration alterations to second floor and internal alterations incorporating new lift
Extension- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/07744/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Jacobs Ladder has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£804,000
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 5 sales in HP14 3XG: £334,000 (2020–2016).
Nearby sales in HP14 3XG
4 The Cottages, Bricks Lane, Beacons Bottom, High Wycombe, HP14 3XG
Sold Jul 2020
£645,000Brightside, Bricks Lane, Beacons Bottom, High Wycombe, HP14 3XG
Sold Jun 2017
£155,0002 The Cottages, Bricks Lane, Beacons Bottom, High Wycombe, HP14 3XG
Sold Mar 2016
£201,5003 The Cottages, Bricks Lane, Beacons Bottom, High Wycombe, HP14 3XG
Sold Mar 2016
£260,0001 The Cottages, Bricks Lane, Beacons Bottom, High Wycombe, HP14 3XG
Sold Mar 2016
£300,000
Everything we know about Jacobs Ladder, 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 Bricks Lane homes
Jacobs Ladder outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
43 (E)
Street avg 31 (F)
Floor Area
177 m²
Street avg 94 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.8 t/year
Street avg 8.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 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
0.4 km
St Francis Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Radnage Church of England Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB