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Get startedDinglefield Cottage is a detached house in Hay-On-Wye, Hereford, Hereford (HR3 5AR). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (January 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 4 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.
Dinglefield Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Dinglefield Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£354,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
EPC Rating for Dinglefield Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
35 (F)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 74 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.7 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Windows upgraded to triple glazing
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Median price across the last 5 sales in HR3 5AR: £217,000 (2023–2005).
Street avg 5.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Lower Mead — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB