Mead Cottage, Church Street, Upton Grey, Basingstoke, RG25 2RA
About Mead Cottage
Mead Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Upton Grey, Basingstoke, Basingstoke (RG25 2RA). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 944 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2011) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 88 m² it sits well below the postcode median (134 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include new windows and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£922/sq ft) was about 174.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £870,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Mead 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Jul 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
Mead Cottage has 4 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Feb 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
Apple ( T1) Crown reduce by c.1.5m to previously reduce points leaving tree c5m high with c.2m radius. Crown thin by c.2m
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- T/00004/20/TCA
- May 2016RenovationHeritageIn report
Replace existing timber windows with traditional style double glazed timber windows
- Agent
- Old Manor Cottages
New Windows- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/01390/LBC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Mead Cottage saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£914,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.8% per year over 10 years.
£870,000
Growth on file: 2.8% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
21 June 2021Most recent
£870,000
+5.5%over 4 years24 March 2017
£825,000
+23.1%over 5 years8 December 2011
£670,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG25 2RA: £772,500 (2022–2015).
Nearby sales in RG25 2RA
The Old Bakery, Church Street, Upton Grey, Basingstoke, RG25 2RA
Sold Apr 2022
£875,0002 St Martins Row, Church Street, Upton Grey, Basingstoke, RG25 2RA
Sold Dec 2020
£772,500Church Cottage, Church Street, Upton Grey, Basingstoke, RG25 2RA
Sold Jul 2020
£435,000Thimble Cottage, Church Street, Upton Grey, Basingstoke, RG25 2RA
Sold Feb 2015
£225,000Willow Cottage, Church Street, Upton Grey, Basingstoke, RG25 2RA
Sold Dec 2012
£438,000
Everything we know about Mead 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 Church Street homes
Mead Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£9,922
Street avg £6,456
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 157 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 10.7 t/year
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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
The Hoddington Arms — bus stop.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB