Court House, Penquit, Yealm Road, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, PL8 1AQ
About Court House
Court House is an end-of-terrace house in Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, Plymouth (PL8 1AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. At 98 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in Court House, where floor areas span 95–130 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 7 units on file.
Sold January 2021 for £435,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£412/sq ft) was about 61.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Heating controls changed
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
Planning history at Court House is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
2 applications on record at Court House, Penquit, Yealm Road, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, PL8 1AQ
- Nov 2018Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
T0035: Ash - Crown reduction by removing epicormic growth nearesthouse back to trunk, remove branch hitting roof by 10m back to thenearest V, reduce branches on west side where it threatensneighbouring house Satu by 4m back to the nearest V, tree grownswiftly this summer, branches now overhanging roof of Court House,banging against it in the wind; T0307: Sycamore – fell, healthy treeleaning at 45 degrees over front yard of neighbouring property, Satu,sharing drive onto Court Road, growing towards house, 1 of 10 in area,gap soon be filled by neighbouring sycamores; T015a: Monterey Pine –deadwood and dead branch removal (exempt works), behind lawn and pool,
- Council
- South Hams
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 3027/18/TPO
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksOct 2020Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Price for Court House has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£456,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 24 years.
£435,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
20 January 2021Most recent
£435,000
+14.5%over 2 years14 May 2018
£380,000
+10.1%over 11 years11 September 2006
£345,000
+89.0%over 5 years7 May 2001
£182,500
+128.1%over 4 years22 July 1996
£80,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL8 1AQ: £392,500 (2022–2017).
Nearby sales in PL8 1AQ
Court House, Lyneham, Yealm Road, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, PL8 1AQ
Sold Mar 2022
£480,000Court House, Membland, Yealm Road, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, PL8 1AQ
Sold Sept 2021
£400,000Court House, Pamflete, Yealm Road, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, PL8 1AQ
Sold Jul 2018
£300,000Court House, Revelstoke, Yealm Road, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, PL8 1AQ
Sold Dec 2017
£370,000Court House, Kitley, Yealm Road, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, PL8 1AQ
Sold Feb 2016
£442,500
Versus other Yealm Road homes
On price per m², Court House stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,439
Street avg £3,513
Floor Area
98 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 4.0 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Co-op Stores — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Newton Ferrers Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB







