161 Watling Street West, Towcester, NN12 6BX
About 161 Watling Street West
161 Watling Street West is a mid-terrace house in Towcester (NN12 6BX). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1291 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2009) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 120 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2018–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£308/sq ft) was about 58.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £398,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
161 Watling Street West's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Mar 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2007RenovationHeritageIn report
Removal of partition walls at ground floor plus new kitchen. Formation of stair lobby to first floor.
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- S/2006/1613/LB
- Jan 2007FullIn report
Ground floor change of use to A1/A2 & D1 (Consulting Rooms)
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- S/2006/1614/P
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£428,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 3 years.
£398,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
27 June 2021Most recent
£398,000
+13.7%over 3 years27 March 2018
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN12 6BX: £345,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in NN12 6BX
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Sold Jan 2025
£345,000Flat 1, 171 Watling Street West, Towcester, NN12 6BX
Sold Sept 2022
£412,571157 Watling Street West, Towcester, NN12 6BX
Sold May 2021
£800,000191a, Watling Street West, Towcester, NN12 6BX
Sold Dec 2020
£200,000183a, Watling Street West, Towcester, NN12 6BX
Sold Feb 2020
£633,500
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- Larger development activity nearby

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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
Brave Old Oak PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Sponne School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB