31 Marshall Close, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8DQ
About 31 Marshall Close
31 Marshall Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).
At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (121 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 78.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £605,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
31 Marshall Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
31 Marshall Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 31 Marshall Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£607,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£605,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 July 2022Most recent
£605,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8DQ: £452,500 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in RG8 8DQ
3 Marshall Close, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8DQ
Sold Jul 2025
£555,0004 Marshall Close, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8DQ
Sold May 2024
£447,96030 Marshall Close, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8DQ
Sold Dec 2020
£452,50014 Marshall Close, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8DQ
Sold Oct 2020
£477,50012 Marshall Close, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8DQ
Sold Oct 2017
£430,000
Versus other Marshall Close homes
Floor Area for 31 Marshall Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,645
Street avg £2,639
Floor Area
166 m²
Street avg 124 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 5.6 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
Theobald Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Westwood Farm Junior School. 18 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB








