Cowfield Cottage, Vicarage Lane, Wainfleet St Mary, Skegness, PE24 4JJ
About Cowfield Cottage
Cowfield Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Wainfleet St. Mary, Skegness, Skegness (PE24 4JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 186 m² (around 2006 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since April 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 186 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1997–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £298,000 is 32.4% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£112/sq ft) was about 28.1% below the postcode norm.
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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
Energy performance
Cowfield 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 May 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
Cowfield Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
Cowfield Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£298,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.2% per year over 14 years.
£225,000
Growth on file: 10.2% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
14 April 2011Most recent
£225,000
+287.9%over 13 years29 April 1997
£58,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE24 4JJ: £238,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in PE24 4JJ
Vicarage Cottage, Vicarage Lane, Wainfleet St Mary, Skegness, PE24 4JJ
Sold Oct 2025
£225,000Courtrai, Vicarage Lane, Wainfleet St Mary, Skegness, PE24 4JJ
Sold Sept 2025
£290,000Heathlands, Vicarage Lane, Wainfleet St Mary, Skegness, PE24 4JJ
Sold Dec 2024
£238,000Postremo, Vicarage Lane, Wainfleet St Mary, Skegness, PE24 4JJ
Sold Oct 2024
£252,500White Gates, Vicarage Lane, Wainfleet St Mary, Skegness, PE24 4JJ
Sold Oct 2022
£200,000
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Versus other Vicarage Lane homes
Cowfield Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,207
Street avg £1,626
Floor Area
186 m²
Street avg 65 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Vicarage Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
The Wainfleet Magdalen Church of England/Methodist School. 1 school 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
47.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB