Rockhurst Cottage, Fownhope, Hereford, HR1 4NX

Rockhurst 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 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 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.