173 Birchfield Road East, Northampton, NN3 2BZ
About 173 Birchfield Road East
173 Birchfield Road East is a mid-terrace house in Northampton (NN3 2BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer was March 2025 at £375,000 — fresh data. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£295/sq ft) was about 114.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 20 July 2031
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Planning history
173 Birchfield Road East has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 173 Birchfield Road East, Northampton, NN3 2BZ
- Sept 2022ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Replacement of existing side return lean-to with a fully insulated single storey side return extension
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- WNN/2022/0821
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2001.
£375,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.0% per year over 24 years.
£375,000
Growth on file: 5.0% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
28 March 2025Most recent
£375,000
+37.5%over 3 years21 January 2022
£272,650
+6.9%29 July 2021
£255,000
+115.2%over 19 years1 August 2001
£118,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN3 2BZ: £297,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in NN3 2BZ
215 Birchfield Road East, Northampton, NN3 2BZ
Sold Mar 2025
£297,000193 Birchfield Road East, Northampton, NN3 2BZ
Sold Apr 2024
£315,000165a, Birchfield Road East, Northampton, NN3 2BZ
Sold Aug 2022
£445,000209 Birchfield Road East, Northampton, NN3 2BZ
Sold Aug 2021
£288,000205 Birchfield Road East, Northampton, NN3 2BZ
Sold Aug 2021
£295,000
Versus other Birchfield Road East homes
173 Birchfield Road East is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£3,178
Street avg £2,130
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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Crime
461/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Beech Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Cedar Road Primary School. 36 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.6dB







