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Lych Gate House, Spring Lane, Alderton, Towcester, NN12 7LW

3 sales on record3 planning records
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
5
Floor area
191 m²
2054 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 51
Council tax
Band H
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Lych Gate House

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Lych Gate House is a five-bedroom detached house in Alderton, Towcester, Towcester (NN12 7LW). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2054 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 191 m² it's 17.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (162 m² median across 8 EPCs). Across 2010–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,470,000 is 23.5% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£579/sq ft) was about 138.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in October 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms5
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Lych Gate House'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Apr 2020

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E51
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
15.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Lych Gate House, Spring Lane, Alderton, Towcester, NN12 7LW, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Lych Gate House has an approved rear extension on the planning record.

  1. Dec 2011
    ConservatoryFull
    In report

    Replacement tile roof to existing conservatory

    Extension
    Documents
    9 docs on file
    Reference
    S/2011/1387/FUL
    View planning record
  2. Sept 2011
    ConservatoryFull
    In report

    Two storey extension and provision of solid roof to existing conservatory

    Extension
    Documents
    11 docs on file
    Reference
    S/2011/0935/FUL
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Latest sale on Lych Gate House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.

Current estimate

£1,470,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 6 years.

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Last sold (2016)

£1,190,000

Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 6 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 20 October 2016Most recent

    £1,190,000

    +7.2%over 1 year
  2. 25 June 2015

    £1,110,000

    +26.9%over 4 years
  3. 10 October 2010

    £875,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in NN12 7LW: £900,000 (2021–2014).

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On the street

Versus other Spring Lane homes

Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Lych Gate House outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£6,235

Street avg £3,373

Strongly above

Floor Area

191 m²

Street avg 166 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

10 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

15.0 t/year

Street avg 11.3 t/year

Below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Towcester district page.

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

Demand Responsive Area — bus stop.

Closest school

2.3 km

Paulerspury Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around NN12 7LW from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for NN12 7LW

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

43.0dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for NN12 7LW

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.9dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Lych Gate House, Spring Lane, Alderton, Towcester, NN12 7LW. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.