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Get startedButtercross Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Barrow, Oakham, Oakham (LE15 7PE). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1134 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£371/sq ft) was about 67.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 105 m² it sits well below the postcode median (156 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold June 2018 for £420,000.
Buttercross Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 May 2021
Extension: Rear of property
Erection of two storey annex to rear of property and construction of extension to rear (south-west) elevation.
Sale price has at least doubled since 2006.
£443,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 12 years.
£420,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 12 years.
On habitable rooms, Buttercross Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,988
Street avg £3,110
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 175 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
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
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB

Erection of two storey annex to rear of property and construction of extension to front (south-west) elevation.
1 June 2018Most recent
£420,000
+21.7%over 6 years14 October 2011
£345,000
+66.3%over 4 years16 November 2006
£207,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE15 7PE: £548,000 (2025–2024).
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
LE15 7UL
Main Street — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB
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