1 Fern Cottages, Fownhope, Hereford, HR1 4PG
About 1 Fern Cottages
1 Fern Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Fownhope, Hereford, Hereford (HR1 4PG). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump.
Held since June 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £241,000 sits 74% above the 2002 sale of £138,500. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 47 m² it's 25.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 5 EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 1 Fern Cottages.
2 applications on record at 1 Fern Cottages, Fownhope, Hereford, HR1 4PG
- Dec 2002ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Replacement of outhouse (formerly a coal store) with a single storey utility room.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- DCC023224/F
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionApr 2006Decision
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Sales history & valuation
1 Fern Cottages valuation runs notably under the typical sold price in this postcode.
£241,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£138,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 June 2002Most recent
£138,500
Median price across the last 4 sales in HR1 4PG: £412,500 (2024–1997).
Nearby sales in HR1 4PG
Versus the street
EPC Rating for 1 Fern Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
68 (D)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
47 m²
Street avg 59 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.2 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 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
0.1 km
Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.0 km
St Mary's CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB







