2 Barn Close, Towcester, NN12 6LR
About 2 Barn Close
2 Barn Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Towcester (NN12 6LR). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft) and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2017) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 93). Other recorded features include outbuildings.
One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2024. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£417/sq ft) was about 23.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £503,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Know exactly what you're buying at 2 Barn Close
Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Utility roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageSingle
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
Prune of 1 x Ash Tree and 1 x Sycamore tree - covered under TPO: 06/1987
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 2024/3515/TPO
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 2 Barn Close
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
30-day money-back guarantee
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£536,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.9% per year over 4 years.
£503,000
Growth on file: 3.9% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
6 June 2022Most recent
£503,000
+18.6%over 4 years15 December 2017
£423,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN12 6LR: £470,000 (2022–2018).
Everything we know about 2 Barn Close, 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 Barn Close homes
2 Barn Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,491
Street avg £3,731
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 113 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.8 t/year
Street avg 1.7 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 8 years
Similar properties nearby
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
0.2 km
Burcote Park — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Marie Weller Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB