The Birches, Flat 3, 18 Clyffard Crescent, Newport, NP20 4GE
About The Birches
The Birches is a semi-detached house in Newport (NP20 4GE). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 59 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in The Birches, where floor areas span 26–60 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (42 versus a best of 65). The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
The Birches has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
9 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The Birches has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£118,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in NP20 4GE: £192,500 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in NP20 4GE
Versus other Clyffard Crescent homes
EPC Rating for The Birches lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 69 (D)
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 50 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 2.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
St Woolos Hospital — bus stop.
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