The White Cottage, Down Street, Dummer, Basingstoke, RG25 2AD
About The White Cottage
The White Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Dummer, Basingstoke, Basingstoke (RG25 2AD). It has a recorded floor area of 230 m² (around 2476 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (April 2013) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 230 m² the property is well over the postcode median (157 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,285,000 is 33.2% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£390/sq ft) was about 24.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 12 years since the last transfer (February 2014).
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
Energy performance
The White Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Apr 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2015Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 small Lawson Cypress: fell.T2 suppressed small Holly: fell.T3 Wild Cherry (stands in the gardens of 8 Chapel Close): remove the lowest large limb which projects to the southwest over the shed in the garden of The White Cottage.T4 mature Lawson Cypress: reduce crown to leave a finished height of approximately 5m.T5 small mature Sycamore: crown reduce by 2m overall, leaving a finished height of 13/14m and a canopy spread of approximately 12m. Remove deadwood as necessary.
- Reference
- T/00594/14/TCA
- Mar 2014ExtensionFullIn report
Construction of replacement pitched roof to existing double storey rear extension and replacement roof to single storey side extension
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/00315/HSE
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The White Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,285,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£965,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 February 2014Most recent
£965,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG25 2AD: £500,000 (2025–2012).
Nearby sales in RG25 2AD
Fairways, Down Street, Dummer, Basingstoke, RG25 2AD
Sold Mar 2025
£500,000Little Manor Farm, Down Street, Dummer, Basingstoke, RG25 2AD
Sold May 2022
£1,650,000Plum Tree Cottage, Down Street, Dummer, Basingstoke, RG25 2AD
Sold May 2013
£500,000Well House, Down Street, Dummer, Basingstoke, RG25 2AD
Sold Feb 2013
£540,000Arbour Cottage, Down Street, Dummer, Basingstoke, RG25 2AD
Sold Sept 2012
£499,950
Everything we know about The White Cottage, in one report
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 Down Street homes
Habitable Rooms for The White Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,196
Street avg £4,552
Floor Area
230 m²
Street avg 210 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 11.0 t/year
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1 Clump Barn, Farleigh Lane, Dummer
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Chapel Close — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
Hounsome Fields Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB