Amble Cottage, Cherrycroft Drive, Naphill, High Wycombe, HP14 4QG
About Amble Cottage
Amble Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Naphill, High Wycombe, High Wycombe (HP14 4QG). It has a recorded floor area of 187 m² (around 2013 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 187 m² it's 24.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (150 m² median across 5 EPCs). Across 2007–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £799,000 is 22.9% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 15% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in June 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.
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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
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Garagedetached
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Amble Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Jan 2025
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Mar 2012ExtensionAmendmentIn report
Proposed non - material amendment to permission for construction of a single storey rear extension and garage conversion granted under householder planning ref 11/06683/FUL
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 12/05247/MINAMD
- Aug 2011Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Householder application for the construction of a single storey rear extension and garage conversion
- Agent
- Hawkins Eades Assocaites
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/06683/FUL
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Amble Cottage
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Amble Cottage saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£799,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 8 years.
£650,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
11 June 2015Most recent
£650,000
+49.4%over 5 years1 December 2009
£435,000
-8.4%over 2 years14 June 2007
£475,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP14 4QG: £450,000 (2017–2006).
Nearby sales in HP14 4QG
1 Cherrycroft Drive, Naphill, High Wycombe, HP14 4QG
Sold Nov 2017
£550,0002 Cherrycroft Drive, Naphill, High Wycombe, HP14 4QG
Sold Apr 2014
£410,0009 Cherrycroft Drive, Naphill, High Wycombe, HP14 4QG
Sold Sept 2012
£450,0005 Cherrycroft Drive, Naphill, High Wycombe, HP14 4QG
Sold Apr 2007
£435,2507 Cherrycroft Drive, Naphill, High Wycombe, HP14 4QG
Sold Jan 2006
£710,000
Everything we know about Amble 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 Cherrycroft Drive homes
Habitable Rooms for Amble Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,476
Street avg £3,436
Floor Area
187 m²
Street avg 153 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
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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
0.1 km
Louches Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Hughenden Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB