Hawthorn Cottage, Main Road, Besthorpe, Newark, NG23 7HR
About Hawthorn Cottage
Hawthorn Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Besthorpe, Newark, Newark (NG23 7HR). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £419,000 is 16.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£255/sq ft) was about 66.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £360,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- GarageYes
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
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Energy performance
Hawthorn Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history at Hawthorn Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
2 applications on record at Hawthorn Cottage, Main Road, Besthorpe, Newark, NG23 7HR
- Mar 2022Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
2 No. prunus plum trees at property entrance, Crown reduce both of these by up to 3m and remove the cracked limb overhanging the highway. Holly reduce height by 3m and sides by up to 1m to clear utility cables and balance Silver Birch at top of driveway, reduce back to previous reduction points and reduce failed left hand limb to make safe Silver Birch at top of driveway closest to the dwelling reduce height by up to 3m Northern section of garden Willow remove two distorted limbs and crown reduce up to 3m Prunus Plum Crown reduce by up to 2m Middle section of garden Large Silver Birch Tree Crown reduce up to 4m Cherry Crown reduce by 2m Willow reduce back to 6m in height 2 No. Conifers reduce in height by half Acer 1.5m Crown Reduction Buddleia Crown reduce by half End section of garden Large Silver Birch (with failed middle stem) Crown reduce by up to 4m Adjacent Silver Birch Crown reduce by up to 4m Silver Birch closest to southern boundary reduce in height by up to 3m inc minor work to sides to balance if necessary Adjacent Silver Birch reduce in height by up to 4m inc minor work to sides to balance if necessary 2 No. Silver Birches on western boundary reduce in height by up to 4m inc minor work to sides to balance if necessary
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00195/TWCA
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksMay 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Price for Hawthorn Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£419,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 26 years.
£360,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
19 November 2021Most recent
£360,000
+24.2%over 15 years26 August 2006
£289,950
+241.1%over 10 years2 May 1996
£85,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NG23 7HR: £410,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in NG23 7HR
Windy Ridge, Main Road, Besthorpe, Newark, NG23 7HR
Sold Jun 2024
£485,000Cedar Tree Cottage, Main Road, Besthorpe, Newark, NG23 7HR
Sold Sept 2023
£270,000Brass Farthing, Main Road, Besthorpe, Newark, NG23 7HR
Sold May 2023
£450,000Meade Cottage, Main Road, Besthorpe, Newark, NG23 7HR
Sold Jan 2022
£397,000Appletree Cottage, Main Road, Besthorpe, Newark, NG23 7HR
Sold Mar 2019
£175,000
Versus other Main Road homes
EPC Rating for Hawthorn Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,748
Street avg £2,390
Floor Area
131 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 5.3 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
0.0 km
Trent Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
Sutton-On-Trent Primary and Nursery School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB






