Old Post Office Yard, The Studio, Moat Lane, Towcester, NN12 6AD
About Old Post Office Yard
Old Post Office Yard is a semi-detached house in Towcester (NN12 6AD). It has a recorded floor area of 27 m² (around 291 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 27 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 56 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Old Post Office Yard sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2021RenovationHeritageIn report
Alter current spec of windows and door from Plastic UPVC to Hard wood
New Windows- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- WNS/2021/1351/LBC
- Nov 2018AmendmentIn report
Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Development Use comprising of property used as residential dwelling.
- Documents
- 20 docs on file
- Reference
- S/2018/2205/LDE
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Old Post Office Yard has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£155,000
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 NN12 6AD: £432,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in NN12 6AD
Everything we know about Old Post Office Yard, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Moat Lane homes
EPC Rating for Old Post Office Yard lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
24 (F)
Street avg 77 (C)
Floor Area
27 m²
Street avg 85 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 2.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
1 rooms
Street avg 4 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Brave Old Oak PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Sponne School. 6 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB