3 Shire Cottages, The Strouds, Beenham, Reading, RG7 5NW
About 3 Shire Cottages
3 Shire Cottages is a detached house in Beenham, Reading, Reading (RG7 5NW). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 21 years, with the last transfer in October 2005. Across 2003–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £619,000 is 45.6% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£476/sq ft) was about 42.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 83 m² it's 29.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (118 m² median across 18 EPCs).
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Energy performance
3 Shire Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
3 Shire Cottages has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
6 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
3 Shire Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£619,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 2 years.
£425,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
24 October 2005Most recent
£425,000
+11.8%over 2 years8 May 2003
£380,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 5NW: £440,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in RG7 5NW
12 The Strouds, Beenham, Reading, RG7 5NW
Sold Jun 2025
£460,00011 The Strouds, Beenham, Reading, RG7 5NW
Sold May 2021
£470,00014 The Strouds, Beenham, Reading, RG7 5NW
Sold Sept 2020
£390,00020 The Strouds, Beenham, Reading, RG7 5NW
Sold Sept 2018
£440,0004 Shire Cottages, The Strouds, Beenham, Reading, RG7 5NW
Sold Aug 2018
£670,000
Versus other The Strouds homes
Price per m² for 3 Shire Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,120
Street avg £3,598
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 6.1 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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Recreation Ground — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Beenham Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB