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Thornhills, Speen Lane, Speen, Newbury, RG14 1RN

4 sales on record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
6
Floor area
265 m²
2857 sq ft
Energy rating
F
Score 38
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Thornhills

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Thornhills is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Speen, Newbury, Newbury (RG14 1RN). It has a recorded floor area of 265 m² (around 2857 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 44). The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 265 m² the property is well over the postcode median (157 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Last sold in March 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,276,000 is 25.1% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£357/sq ft) was about 34.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms6
  • Dining roomYes
  • EnsuiteYes
  • FireplaceYes

Outside

  • Private gardenYes

Building

  • Period featuresYes
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Thornhills sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Apr 2020

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
F
F38
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
20.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Thornhills, Speen Lane, Speen, Newbury, RG14 1RN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Thornhills has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

8applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Thornhills has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.

Current estimate

£1,276,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.4% per year over 16 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2014)

£1,020,000

Growth on file: 8.4% per year over 16 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 21 March 2014Most recent

    £1,020,000

    +23.6%over 3 years
  2. 7 July 2010

    £825,000

    +24.1%over 5 years
  3. 9 August 2004

    £665,000

    +141.8%over 6 years
  4. 10 December 1997

    £275,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in RG14 1RN: £925,000 (2023–2016).

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On the street

Versus other Speen Lane homes

Four headline reads against 13 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On epc rating, Thornhills runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£3,843

Street avg £3,509

On par

Floor Area

265 m²

Street avg 180 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

10 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

20.0 t/year

Street avg 6.7 t/year

Strongly below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Newbury district page.

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

12/mo

Falling year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Battle Close — bus stop.

Closest school

0.3 km

Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery. 15 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RG14 1RN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for RG14 1RN

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.7dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for RG14 1RN

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

41.9dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Thornhills, Speen Lane, Speen, Newbury, RG14 1RN. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.