Dovecote, Top Street, Elston, Newark, NG23 5NP
About Dovecote
Dovecote is a detached house in Elston, Newark, Newark (NG23 5NP). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 99), a 2-band jump.
It hasn't traded since September 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 2005–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 46.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £413,000 sits 76.1% above the 2007 sale of £234,500. 8 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 76% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Dovecote has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
8 applications on record at Dovecote, Top Street, Elston, Newark, NG23 5NP
- Aug 2016ExtensionHeritageOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Single storey extension to dwelling
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/01095/LBC
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsAug 2019Decision
- ConditionsAug 2019Decision
+ 5 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Dovecote's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2005).
£413,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 46.6% per year over 2 years.
£234,500
Growth on file: 46.6% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
10 September 2007Most recent
£234,500
+95.4%over 1 year9 December 2005
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NG23 5NP: £376,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in NG23 5NP
Millfield House, Top Street, Elston, Newark, NG23 5NP
Sold May 2025
£670,0001 Elston Hall, Top Street, Elston, Newark, NG23 5NP
Sold Dec 2024
£310,00010 Elston Hall, Top Street, Elston, Newark, NG23 5NP
Sold Dec 2024
£376,000Cobblers Cottage, Top Street, Elston, Newark, NG23 5NP
Sold Jan 2023
£240,0006 Elston Hall, Top Street, Elston, Newark, NG23 5NP
Sold Nov 2022
£475,000
Versus other Top Street homes
Dovecote outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,595
Street avg £2,953
Floor Area
147 m²
Street avg 162 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 7.4 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
All Saints Anglican/Methodist Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB







