Ferry Boat Cottage, Fownhope, Hereford, HR1 4NX
About Ferry Boat Cottage
Ferry Boat Cottage is a semi-detached house in Fownhope, Hereford, Hereford (HR1 4NX). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 2-band jump.
Held since August 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £678,000 is 47.4% above the 2006 sale price.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Ferry Boat Cottage has an approved extension on the planning record.
3 applications on record at Ferry Boat Cottage, Fownhope, Hereford, HR1 4NX
- Dec 2010Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
To re-pollard willow trees to original level at Ferryboat Cottage, Ferry Lane, Fownhope
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- P031602/K
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionMay 2024Decision
- Change Of UseMar 2021Decision
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Sales history & valuation
£678,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£460,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
8 August 2006Most recent
£460,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in HR1 4NX: £166,750 (2006–1996).
Versus the street
Ferry Boat Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
71 (C)
Street avg 69 (C)
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 71 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 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
0.2 km
Court Orchard — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Mary's CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB







