56 Wappenham Road, Abthorpe, Towcester, NN12 8QU
About 56 Wappenham Road
56 Wappenham Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Abthorpe, Towcester, Towcester (NN12 8QU). It has a recorded floor area of 201 m² (around 2164 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 201 m² the property is well over the postcode median (119 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold July 2022 for £795,995. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2019. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 53.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageDouble, Detached
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
56 Wappenham Road'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Nov 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2019Tree WorksTreesIn report
Ash, T1 – Crown lift to 4m and crown reduce by a maximum of 2m, to leave an eventual height of 16m and canopy spread of 16m.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- S/2018/2688/TPO
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 56 Wappenham Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£746,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 24 years.
£795,995
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
13 July 2022Most recent
£795,995
+42.7%over 2 years5 December 2019
£558,000
+3.3%over 5 years19 March 2014
£540,000
+157.1%over 15 years7 May 1998
£210,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN12 8QU: £410,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in NN12 8QU
20 Wappenham Road, Abthorpe, Towcester, NN12 8QU
Sold Mar 2025
£415,0008 Wappenham Road, Abthorpe, Towcester, NN12 8QU
Sold Nov 2024
£410,00018 Wappenham Road, Abthorpe, Towcester, NN12 8QU
Sold Jun 2024
£347,50040 Wappenham Road, Abthorpe, Towcester, NN12 8QU
Sold Jun 2022
£620,00032 Wappenham Road, Abthorpe, Towcester, NN12 8QU
Sold Oct 2021
£285,000
Everything we know about 56 Wappenham Road, 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 other Wappenham Road homes
On floor area, 56 Wappenham Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,960
Street avg £3,140
Floor Area
201 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 5.8 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
Main Street — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
Silverstone 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.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB