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Get startedLavender Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Mary Tavy, Tavistock, Tavistock (PL19 9PY). It has a recorded floor area of 277 m² (around 2982 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in September 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
At 277 m² the property is well over the postcode median (133 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,060,000 is 36.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£260/sq ft) was about 33.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £775,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Lavender Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Latest sale on Lavender Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,060,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£775,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Floor Area for Lavender Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,798
Street avg £2,699
Floor Area
277 m²
Street avg 140 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Heating system upgraded to a more efficient system
Hot water system upgraded
Wall insulation improved
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
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30 March 2021Most recent
£775,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL19 9PY: £440,000 (2024–2020).
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Sold Jan 2024
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Sold Dec 2023
Lowcroft Brentor Road Mary Tavy Tavistock
Sold Jun 2022
Westhill Brentor Road Mary Tavy Tavistock
Sold Nov 2019
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.9 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
PL19 9BW
Chapel Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB
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