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2 Old Barn Cottage, Church Lane, Grafton Regis, Towcester, NN12 7SS

2 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
105 m²
1130 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 41
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 2 Old Barn Cottage

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

2 Old Barn Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Grafton Regis, Towcester, Towcester (NN12 7SS). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 105 m² it's 29.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (81 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 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. Today's modelled estimate of £507,000 is 30% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£345/sq ft) was about 44.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £390,000 in January 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

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

  • Bedrooms4
  • Bathrooms2
  • ConservatoryYes
  • FireplaceYes

Outside

  • Private gardenFront and rear
  • GarageYes

Building

  • Period featuresYes
Energy

Energy performance

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

2 Old Barn Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E41
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
8.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 2 Old Barn Cottage, Church Lane, Grafton Regis, Towcester, NN12 7SS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

2 Old Barn Cottage has an approved rear extension on the planning record.

  1. Dec 2022
    Full
    In report

    Demolition and erection of a new detached garage

    Documents
    16 docs on file
    Reference
    WNS/2022/1185/FUL
    View planning record
  2. Aug 2005
    ConservatoryFull
    In report

    Extension: Rear of property

    Conservatory to rear

    Extension
    Reference
    S/2005/0763/P
    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.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

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On the street

Versus other Church Lane homes

Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

EPC Rating for 2 Old Barn Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.

EPC Rating

41 (E)

Street avg 65 (D)

Strongly below

Floor Area

105 m²

Street avg 103 m²

Above

CO₂ Emissions

8.2 t/year

Street avg 4.3 t/year

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly above
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.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

White Hart PH — bus stop.

Closest school

2.1 km

Yardley Gobion Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

50.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for NN12 7SS

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

44.3dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
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Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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