1 Orchard Place, Horseshoe Road, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7JQ
About 1 Orchard Place
1 Orchard Place is a five-bedroom detached house in Pangbourne, Reading, Reading (RG8 7JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 192 m² (around 2071 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 192 m² the property is well over the postcode median (128 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 11 years since the last transfer (May 2015). Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £903,000 is 31.2% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£332/sq ft) was about 27.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
Energy performance
1 Orchard Place'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Mar 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2011RenovationAmendmentIn report
Increase the height of the (West) parapet wall by 225mm (Garden Room). Reduce size of window in this wall from 2100 x 450 to 1500 x 450 (raising cill 600mm)
- Reference
- 11/00398/NONMAT
- Nov 2010PorchFullIn report
Extension: Front of property
Demolition of existing porch and erection of new front entrance porch, Formation of additional windows to sitting room (high level). Addition of garden room to rear.
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 10/02249/HOUSE
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Sales history & valuation
1 Orchard Place has changed hands more often than typical for the area.
£903,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.4% per year over 18 years.
£688,300
Growth on file: 2.4% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
21 May 2015Most recent
£688,300
-8.2%over 4 years31 May 2010
£749,500
+89.3%over 4 years29 September 2005
£396,000
-3.4%over 2 years24 March 2003
£410,000
+24.2%over 4 years13 January 1999
£330,000
-25.7%over 2 years6 January 1997
£444,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 7JQ: £625,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in RG8 7JQ
22 Horseshoe Road, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7JQ
Sold Oct 2025
£760,0003 Horseshoe Road, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7JQ
Sold Mar 2025
£625,00031 Horseshoe Road, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7JQ
Sold Sept 2021
£350,0007 Horseshoe Road, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7JQ
Sold Sept 2021
£522,0008 Horseshoe Road, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7JQ
Sold Oct 2020
£430,000
Versus other Horseshoe Road homes
Habitable Rooms for 1 Orchard Place runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,577
Street avg £4,025
Floor Area
192 m²
Street avg 137 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Police Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Pangbourne Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB








