Rectory Cottage, Achurch, Peterborough, PE8 5SL
About Rectory Cottage
Rectory Cottage is a detached house in Achurch, Peterborough, Peterborough (PE8 5SL). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 112), a 4-band jump.
At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (180 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Fuel source changed
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Switched from oil to mains gas, reducing emissions and costs
Hot water efficiency improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
Rectory 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
Rectory Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£265,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE8 5SL: £404,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in PE8 5SL
Rectory Farm Barns, The Hayloft, Achurch, Peterborough, PE8 5SL
Sold Aug 2025
£895,0003, Achurch, Peterborough, PE8 5SL
Sold Apr 2022
£404,00014, Achurch, Peterborough, PE8 5SL
Sold Dec 2020
£385,0004, Achurch, Peterborough, PE8 5SL
Sold Dec 2020
£300,000Rectory Farm, Achurch, Peterborough, PE8 5SL
Sold Apr 2020
£525,000
Versus the street
On floor area, Rectory Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 211 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 12.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 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
0.0 km
Phone Box — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
Trinity Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB