Rock Cottage, How Caple, Hereford, HR1 4SS
About Rock Cottage
Rock Cottage is a detached house in How Caple, Hereford, Hereford (HR1 4SS). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in September 2002. At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2001–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £669,000 sits 143.3% above the 2002 sale of £275,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Energy performance
Rock Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
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Planning history
2 applications on record at Rock Cottage, How Caple, Hereford, HR1 4SS
- Mar 2003ExtensionFullOutcome in report
First floor extension and ground floor extension
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- DS030191/F
- More recent applications — locked
- OutbuildingAug 2011Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Rock Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£669,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 2 years.
£275,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
12 September 2002Most recent
£275,000
+10.0%over 1 year7 March 2001
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HR1 4SS: £215,000 (2022–2010).
Versus the street
EPC Rating for Rock Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
69 (C)
Street avg 43 (E)
Floor Area
147 m²
Street avg 178 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 12.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 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
Telephone Box — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB