2 Buttermead Cottages, Cowley Lane, Holmesfield, Dronfield, S18 7SD
About 2 Buttermead Cottages
2 Buttermead Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Holmesfield, Dronfield, Dronfield (S18 7SD). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2174 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 202 m² it's 15.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (175 m² median across 19 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £790,000 is 21.5% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£299/sq ft) was about 15.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (October 2017). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
2 Buttermead Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2020OutbuildingFullIn report
Application for construction of a menage with agricultural building and stables (Amended Plans)
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00013/FL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
2 Buttermead Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£790,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£650,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 October 2017Most recent
£650,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in S18 7SD: £1,565,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in S18 7SD
Cowley Bar Cottage, Cowley Lane, Holmesfield, Dronfield, S18 7SD
Sold Aug 2025
£480,000Cowley Hall Cottage, Cowley Lane, Holmesfield, Dronfield, S18 7SD
Sold Mar 2025
£825,000Spa House Farm, Cowley Lane, Holmesfield, Dronfield, S18 7SD
Sold Apr 2024
£1,565,000Ravenswood, Cowley Lane, Holmesfield, Dronfield, S18 7SD
Sold Jun 2023
£1,600,000Croft House Farm, Cowley Lane, Holmesfield, Dronfield, S18 7SD
Sold Apr 2023
£2,200,000
Everything we know about 2 Buttermead Cottages, 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 Cowley Lane homes
2 Buttermead Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,218
Street avg £3,859
Floor Area
202 m²
Street avg 207 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 9.1 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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Main Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary School. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB