Top Farm Cottage, High Street, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AW
About Top Farm Cottage
Top Farm Cottage is a detached house in Yielden, Bedford, Bedford (MK44 1AW). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 109 m² it's 21.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (139 m² median across 9 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2008.
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Energy performance
Top Farm Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
1 application on record at Top Farm Cottage, High Street, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AW
- May 2008OtherOutcome in report
Erection of general purpose agricultural building.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/00679/AGR
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Sales history & valuation
Top Farm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£386,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
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.
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK44 1AW: £425,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in MK44 1AW
The Chequers, High Street, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AW
Sold Apr 2025
£580,000Beckbridge, High Street, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AW
Sold Mar 2023
£387,500Smithy Cottage, High Street, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AW
Sold Feb 2021
£490,000Castle View, High Street, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AW
Sold Aug 2013
£186,000Castle Cottage, High Street, Yielden, Bedford, MK44 1AW
Sold Feb 2013
£225,000
Versus other High Street homes
EPC Rating for Top Farm Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
29 (F)
Street avg 43 (E)
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 159 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 11.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Spring Lane — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB