Dove Cottage, Bakers Lane, Stoke Bruerne, Towcester, NN12 7SF

Dove Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Stoke Bruerne, Towcester, Towcester (NN12 7SF). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in May 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

9 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£474/sq ft) was about 32.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £643,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.