Grange Cottage, How Caple, Hereford, HR1 4TF
About Grange Cottage
Grange Cottage is a detached house in How Caple, Hereford, Hereford (HR1 4TF). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 125 m² it's 25% larger than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 3 EPCs). Sold April 2021 for £472,997. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Grange Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
Planning records include a solar-panel installation at Grange Cottage.
3 applications on record at Grange Cottage, How Caple, Hereford, HR1 4TF
- Jan 2022PorchFullOutcome in report
Conversion of ground floor store & garage, alterations to entrance roof, new oak porch, replacement of external metal steps with new balcony and internal alterations to form one dwelling house. (For DOC 5 see 220726)
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- P213822/FH
- More recent applications — locked
- Solar PanelsNov 2024Decision
- ConditionsMar 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£459,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£472,997
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 April 2021Most recent
£472,997
Median price across the last 5 sales in HR1 4TF: £503,500 (2024–2001).
Nearby sales in HR1 4TF
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£436,000Little Falcon, How Caple, Hereford, HR1 4TF
Sold Nov 2001
£212,500Falcon Field, How Caple, Hereford, HR1 4TF
Sold Jan 1995
£157,000
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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
0.9 km
Crossway — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB







