Holly Cottage, St Giles Road, Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, NR24 2RB
About Holly Cottage
Holly Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, Melton Constable (NR24 2RB). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 45). Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
At 159 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£359/sq ft) was about 50.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £615,000 in September 2024.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- Parkingoff_street
- LandYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Holly Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side extension at Holly Cottage.
- Jul 2006ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
ERECTION OF TWO-STOREY SIDE EXTENSION
- Agent
- MR I GLENNIE
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- PF/06/0864
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Holly Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£616,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£615,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 September 2024Most recent
£615,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR24 2RB: £390,000 (2021–2017).
Nearby sales in NR24 2RB
Waterlog Spa, St Giles Road, Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, NR24 2RB
Sold Mar 2021
£390,000Chapel Cottage, St Giles Road, Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, NR24 2RB
Sold Dec 2020
£220,000Nextwood Cottage, St Giles Road, Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, NR24 2RB
Sold Oct 2020
£396,500The Green House, St Giles Road, Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, NR24 2RB
Sold Feb 2018
£405,0001 St Giles Road, Swanton Novers, Melton Constable, NR24 2RB
Sold Jul 2017
£290,000
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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 St Giles Road homes
Years Held for Holly Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,868
Street avg £3,165
Floor Area
159 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.0 t/year
Street avg 7.5 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB