Reading Room Cottage, Byford, Hereford, HR4 7LD
About Reading Room Cottage
Reading Room Cottage is a semi-detached house in Byford, Hereford, Hereford (HR4 7LD). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Today's modelled estimate of £271,000 sits 80.7% above the 2020 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£160/sq ft) was about 30.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 87 m² it sits well below the postcode median (228 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £150,000 in September 2020.
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Energy performance
Reading Room Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
3 applications on record at Reading Room Cottage, Byford, Hereford, HR4 7LD
- Jun 2002RenovationHeritageOutcome in report
Internal alterations to ground floor layout and repositioned staircase.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- DCN021257/L
- More recent applications — locked
- RenovationJan 2003Decision
- RenovationNov 2002Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Reading Room Cottage's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£271,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£150,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 September 2020Most recent
£150,000
23 May 2002
£150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HR4 7LD: £430,000 (2024–2018).
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Versus the street
Reading Room Cottage is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£1,724
Street avg £1,593
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 240 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 15.4 t/year
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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
5/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Old School — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB