Old Chapel Cottage, Thornford Road, Headley, Thatcham, RG19 8AD
About Old Chapel Cottage
Old Chapel Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Headley, Thatcham, Thatcham (RG19 8AD). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £768,000 is 12.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£451/sq ft) was about 63.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £685,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Building
- Heating systemOil
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Old Chapel Cottage has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Nov 2017ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Erection of single storey side extension and increase in roof height of original dwelling to accommodate insulation and repairs to structure.
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/03194/HSE
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£768,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£685,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
10 June 2021Most recent
£685,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG19 8AD: £736,856 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in RG19 8AD
Sands Cottage, Thornford Road, Headley, Thatcham, RG19 8AD
Sold Dec 2022
£1,060,000Ailsa Craig, Thornford Road, Headley, Thatcham, RG19 8AD
Sold Nov 2022
£736,856Vilamoura, Thornford Road, Headley, Thatcham, RG19 8AD
Sold Dec 2020
£760,000Ambleside Cottage, Thornford Road, Headley, Thatcham, RG19 8AD
Sold Oct 2018
£675,0001 East View, Thornford Road, Headley, Thatcham, RG19 8AD
Sold Jul 2017
£410,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Thornford Road homes
On price per m², Old Chapel Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,858
Street avg £4,093
Floor Area
141 m²
Street avg 160 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 8.8 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Headley Post Office — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.8dB