Blackfield Cottage, Blackfield Lane, Ballinger, Great Missenden, HP16 9LL
About Blackfield Cottage
Blackfield Cottage is a six-bedroom detached house in Ballinger, Great Missenden, Great Missenden (HP16 9LL). It has a recorded floor area of 416 m² (around 4478 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include a conservatory, attached land beyond the plot and a basement.
Today's modelled estimate of £2,191,000 is 12.4% below the 2021 sale of £2,500,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£558/sq ft) was about 63.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 416 m² the property is well over the postcode median (149 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £2,500,000 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- BasementYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- LandYes
Energy performance
Blackfield Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2006ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
First floor extension, single storey rear extension, enlargement of dormer window, new dormer window, single storey link extension incorporating additional garage and green house
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- CH/2006/1420/FA
- Mar 2003ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
FIRST FLOOR EXTENSION, ENLARGEMENT OF DORMER WINDOW AND SINGLE STOREY LINK EXTENSION INCORPORATING ADDITIONAL GARAGE
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- CH/2003/0232/FA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£2,191,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£2,500,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 July 2021Most recent
£2,500,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HP16 9LL: £610,000 (2015–2000).
Nearby sales in HP16 9LL
Wickets, Blackfield Lane, Ballinger, Great Missenden, HP16 9LL
Sold Feb 2015
£642,000Bramley Cottage, Blackfield Lane, Ballinger, Great Missenden, HP16 9LL
Sold Aug 2009
£675,000Oakdene, Blackfield Lane, Ballinger, Great Missenden, HP16 9LL
Sold Dec 2006
£610,000Low Eaves, Blackfield Lane, Ballinger, Great Missenden, HP16 9LL
Sold Jun 2000
£375,000
Versus other Blackfield Lane homes
Price per m² for Blackfield Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,010
Street avg £3,887
Floor Area
416 m²
Street avg 144 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 9.8 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Blackthorne Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Lee Common Church of England School. 4 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB







