What kind of home is Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE?

Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE is a 4-bedroom detached house.

What was the last sold price for Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE?

Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE last sold for £475,000 in November 2022, around 4 years ago. Before that, it sold for £295,000 in November 2013, so prices have been rising over 9 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE?

Across 2 sales between November 2013 and November 2022, Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE rose from £295,000 to £475,000, a change of £180,000. That works out to roughly +5.4% per year compounded over 9 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE have?

The current EPC rating for Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE is D with a score of 62 out of 100, lodged in March 2022. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

How big is Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE?

Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (2,314 sq ft), around 54 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 26% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in NG23 5DE. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE use?

The latest EPC at Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE records oil as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE?

Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE is in council tax band E.

Which area is Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE in?

Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE sits in Fenton, Newark, Newark. It falls within the NG23 postcode district in Lincolnshire.

How well connected is Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE?

The closest bus stop to Birch House, Main Street, NG23 5DE is Demand Responsive Area, 24m away. In total there are 12 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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Birch House, Main Street, Fenton, Newark, NG23 5DE

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

215 m²

2314 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 62

Council tax

Band E

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About Birch House

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Birch House is a four-bedroom detached house in Fenton, Newark, Newark (NG23 5DE). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2314 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a balcony.

At 215 m² the property is well over the postcode median (161 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£205/sq ft) was about 47.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £475,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms4
Bathrooms1
Open-plan layoutYes

Outside

Private gardenYes
GarageYes
BalconyYes

Building

Heating systemAir source
RefurbishedYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Birch House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

D62

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Oil

Hot Water

Poor

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

7.9 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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21st centuryDetached HouseEPC DExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)No mains gas

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Birch House, Main Street, Fenton, Newark, NG23 5DE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Birch House has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

6 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£503,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 9 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£475,000

Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 9 years.

Sales timeline

25 November 2022Most recent
£475,000
+61.0%over 8 years
29 November 2013
£295,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in NG23 5DE: £350,000 (2021–2014).

Nearby sales in NG23 5DE

On the street

Versus other Main Street homes

Four headline reads against 20 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Years Held for Birch House lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,209

Street avg £1,813

Strongly above

Floor Area

215 m²

Street avg 183 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

8 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

7.9 t/year

Street avg 8.6 t/year

On par

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Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Newark district page.

Full Newark report

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

0.0 km

Demand Responsive Area — bus stop.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around NG23 5DE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

41.9dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for NG23 5DE

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.5dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4

FAQ

Common questions

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