Barn Cottage, Barkham Road, Barkham, Wokingham, RG41 4TG
About Barn Cottage
Barn Cottage is a detached house in Barkham, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG41 4TG). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1127 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1991-1995. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since July 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 105 m² it sits well below the postcode median (217 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £966,000 is 38% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£621/sq ft) was about 140.9% 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
Energy performance
Barn 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Sept 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2012Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Conversion of existing garage to habitable rooms and erection of single storey side extension to form new garage and studio.
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 111625
- Apr 2004Garage ConversionFullIn report
Proposed erection of a detached garage with first floor store room and conversion of existing garage to family room & study.
Extension- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 040582
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Barn Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£966,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 9 years.
£699,950
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
26 July 2010Most recent
£699,950
+62.8%over 8 years18 October 2001
£430,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG41 4TG: £1,220,000 (2023–2015).
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Sold Dec 2021
£1,425,000Sunny Ridge, Barkham Road, Barkham, Wokingham, RG41 4TG
Sold Nov 2019
£1,220,000Quarter Hill House, Barkham Road, Barkham, Wokingham, RG41 4TG
Sold Apr 2015
£555,000The White House, Barkham Road, Barkham, Wokingham, RG41 4TG
Sold Apr 2015
£450,000
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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 Barkham Road homes
Barn Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,685
Street avg £3,842
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 236 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 7.3 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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Bearwood Road — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
The Coombes Church of England Primary School. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB