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 (88 m² across 27 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 112.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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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.
£364,000
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
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Sold Mar 2025
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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 £2,224
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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Crime
5/mo
Steady 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







