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Get startedRockhurst Cottage is a detached house in Fownhope, Hereford, Hereford (HR1 4NX). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 97), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since March 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 106 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £414,000 sits 395.8% above the 1996 sale of £83,500. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
Rockhurst Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Jan 2026
Planning history at Rockhurst Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
T1: To remove large Conifer that has grown to large for the site. It is also causing excessive shading. T2: Hornbeam, to prune away from service power lines to the shed and neighbouring ornamental trees. Removing a few lower branches, essentially a crown rase of 8-10feet.
Rockhurst Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£414,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£83,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Rockhurst Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 74 (C)
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 88 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.0 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
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.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
Roof insulation improved
Ventilation system changed
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Propose to fell Western Red Cedar (T1).
2 more applications for this property
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15 March 1996Most recent
£83,500
Median price across the last 2 sales in HR1 4NX: £355,000 (2006–2006).
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Closest school
0.4 km
St Mary's CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB
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