1 Red Brick Cottage, Main Street, Southwick, Peterborough, PE8 5BL
About 1 Red Brick Cottage
1 Red Brick Cottage is a semi-detached house in Southwick, Peterborough, Peterborough (PE8 5BL). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1134 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (February 2012) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 49). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since September 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £415,000 sits 121.3% above the 2002 sale of £187,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£165/sq ft) was about 24.5% below the postcode norm. At 105 m² it's 23.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (138 m² median across 26 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
1 Red Brick 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Feb 2022
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 Red Brick Cottage has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
£415,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£187,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 September 2002Most recent
£187,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE8 5BL: £475,000 (2023–2016).
Nearby sales in PE8 5BL
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£690,000Touchwood, Main Street, Southwick, Peterborough, PE8 5BL
Sold Nov 2022
£475,0001 Museum Cottage, Main Street, Southwick, Peterborough, PE8 5BL
Sold Mar 2020
£263,925Green Valley, Main Street, Southwick, Peterborough, PE8 5BL
Sold Sept 2016
£595,000
Versus other Main Street homes
On habitable rooms, 1 Red Brick Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,780
Street avg £2,421
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 139 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.1 t/year
Street avg 8.0 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Southwick Village DRT — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Glapthorn Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB







