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Get startedThe Old Rectory is a detached house in Braybrooke, Market Harborough, Market Harborough (LE16 8LH). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 0.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £911,000 is 13.2% below the 2024 sale of £1,050,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£2,075/sq ft) was about 1004.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (155 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 11 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: January 2024 at £1,050,000.
The Old Rectory sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
A tree works application was refused at The Old Rectory in 2023.
T37 Robinia, T38 Ash, T39 Sycamore, T40 Ash - fell
The Old Rectory valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£911,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.6% per year over 8 years.
£1,050,000
Growth on file: 0.6% per year over 8 years.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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T1 (B) Holly - minor crown lift; T2 (BB) Elm - crown reduce; T3 (DD) Holly - crown reduce; T4 (H) Sycamore - sever Ivy at top of trunk; T5 (J) Yew - crown reduce by 50%; T6 (M) Sycamore - reduce one branch by up to two metres; T7 (N) Lime - remove all sucker and epicormic growth around base and trunk up to main limbs; T8 (Q) Hawthorn - crown reduce by 30%; T9 (QQ) Curly Willow - pollard upper branch growth to 50% and reshape; T10 (QQQ) Cornelian Cherry - crown reduce by up to two metres and crown lift lowest branch; T11 (R) Spruce - crown lift
9 more applications for this property
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19 January 2024Most recent
£1,050,000
+5.0%over 8 years23 September 2015
£1,000,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE16 8LH: £775,000 (2025–2021).
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Sold Apr 2021
LE16 8FT
Braybrooke DRT — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB
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