Beechey Cottage, Vale Of Health, Camden, London, NW3 1AN
About Beechey Cottage
Beechey Cottage is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Camden, London, London (NW3 1AN). It has a recorded floor area of 261 m² (around 2809 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 261 m² the property is well over the postcode median (140 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £4,977,000 is 26.8% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,397/sq ft) was about 134.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (May 2016).
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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
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Beechey Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Apr 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at Beechey Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Mar 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
REAR GARDEN: 1 x Yew (T1) - Reduce canopy of tree by approx. 30%, (height reduction from 10m, removing up to 3m, retaining no less than 7m. Lateral spread 3.5m - 5.5m, removing up to 1.5m, retaining no less than 2m). 1 x Maple spp. (T2) - Fell to ground level.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 2022/0636/T
- Jan 2018Tree WorksTreesIn report
(TPO REF 3H) REAR GARDEN: 1 x Yew - Reduce height by one third, prune overhanging branches by 25%
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 2017/6736/T
What's in Beechey Cottage, Vale Of Health, Camden, London, NW3 1AN's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Beechey Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£4,977,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£3,925,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 May 2016Most recent
£3,925,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NW3 1AN: £925,000 (2010–1999).
Nearby sales in NW3 1AN
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Versus other Vale Of Health homes
Beechey Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
261 m²
Street avg 190 m²
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 9.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Jack Straws Castle / Whitestone Pond — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Christ Church Primary School, Hampstead. 47 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB