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Rookery Cottage, Bridge Road, Stoke Bruerne, Towcester, NN12 7SE

3 planning records
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
7
From EPC
Floor area
163 m²
1755 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 50
Council tax
Band G
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Rookery Cottage

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

Rookery Cottage is a detached house in Stoke Bruerne, Towcester, Towcester (NN12 7SE). It has a recorded floor area of 163 m² (around 1755 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 163 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). 3 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

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

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

Rookery Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E50
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
9.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Rookery Cottage, Bridge Road, Stoke Bruerne, Towcester, NN12 7SE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
  1. Oct 2009
    Full
    In report

    Relaxation of condition 4 of planning permission S/91/0922/P to allow conversion of first floor of building to an ancillary bed sitting room and shower room and use of part of ground floor as a home office (retrospective)

    Retrospective
    Documents
    10 docs on file
    Reference
    S/2009/0824/FUL
    View planning record
  2. Jan 2006
    RenovationHeritage
    In report

    Replace windows with traditional style opening casement windows

    New Windows
    Documents
    1 doc on file
    Reference
    S/2005/1357/LB
    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.

Rookery Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.

Current estimate

£693,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

See how we calculated this

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 7SE: £550,000 (2023–2019).

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On the street

Versus other Bridge Road homes

Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Rookery Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.

EPC Rating

50 (E)

Street avg 36 (F)

Above

Floor Area

163 m²

Street avg 105 m²

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

9.7 t/year

Street avg 7.4 t/year

Below

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Above
Comparables

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A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
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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.
Full Towcester report

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

Canal Museum — bus stop.

Closest school

0.1 km

Stoke Bruerne Church of England Primary School. 4 schools 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 7SE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for NN12 7SE

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.9dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for NN12 7SE

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.1dB

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

Common questions

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