Rose Cottage, Adstone, Towcester, NN12 8DY
About Rose Cottage
Rose Cottage is a detached house in Adstone, Towcester, Towcester (NN12 8DY). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows a G (score 16), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 97 m² it sits well below the postcode median (175 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £597,000 is 35.7% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£421/sq ft) was about 86.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (February 2017).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Rose Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Mar 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
Rose Cottage has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Jul 2024RenovationFullIn report
Relocate door and window on front elevation
New Windows- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 2024/2841/FULL
- Jul 2023ExtensionAmendmentIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Non-material amendment to S/2019/1606/FUL single storey rear extension to change materials of windows to match existing dwelling
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 2023/5788/NMA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Rose Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£597,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£440,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 February 2017Most recent
£440,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN12 8DY: £582,500 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in NN12 8DY
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Sold Nov 2024
£630,000Tree Tops, Adstone, Towcester, NN12 8DY
Sold Jun 2024
£33,000Clifton House Farm, Adstone, Towcester, NN12 8DY
Sold Apr 2021
£776,507Four Winds, Adstone, Towcester, NN12 8DY
Sold Apr 2020
£670,000Adstone House, Adstone, Towcester, NN12 8DY
Sold Jun 2018
£1,600,000
Everything we know about Rose Cottage, 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 the street
Price per m² for Rose Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,536
Street avg £2,644
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 148 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 8.4 t/year
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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
0.0 km
The Green — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB