1 Crossway Hand Cottages, Bulwick Road, Southwick, Peterborough, PE8 5BP
About 1 Crossway Hand Cottages
1 Crossway Hand Cottages is a semi-detached house in Southwick, Peterborough, Peterborough (PE8 5BP). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Today's modelled estimate of £325,000 sits 61.7% above the 2021 sale of £201,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£199/sq ft) was about 31.6% below the postcode norm. At 94 m² it sits well below the postcode median (176 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold April 2021 for £201,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
1 Crossway Hand Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 Crossway Hand Cottages 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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£325,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£201,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 April 2021Most recent
£201,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in PE8 5BP: £549,750 (2016–2001).
Versus other Bulwick Road homes
1 Crossway Hand Cottages is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 49 (E)
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 220 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.7 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
1.1 km
Brookside — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
Glapthorn Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB







