20 Dowland Gardens, High Green, Sheffield, S35 4GQ
About 20 Dowland Gardens
20 Dowland Gardens is a four-bedroom detached house in High Green, Sheffield, Sheffield (S35 4GQ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2015. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump.
Sold January 2022 for £240,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 78 m² it's 23.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 17 EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £279,000 is 16.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£286/sq ft) was about 64.7% 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
20 Dowland Gardens has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
20 Dowland Gardens has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£279,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 24 years.
£240,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
24 January 2022Most recent
£240,000
+33.4%over 6 years22 December 2015
£179,950
+520.5%over 13 years14 August 2002
£29,000
-57.4%over 3 years30 November 1998
£68,000
+13.4%over 12 months12 December 1997
£59,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in S35 4GQ: £172,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in S35 4GQ
12 Dowland Gardens, High Green, Sheffield, S35 4GQ
Sold Jul 2025
£165,00019 Dowland Gardens, High Green, Sheffield, S35 4GQ
Sold Jun 2025
£243,0008 Dowland Gardens, High Green, Sheffield, S35 4GQ
Sold Feb 2024
£115,00029 Dowland Gardens, High Green, Sheffield, S35 4GQ
Sold Oct 2023
£285,00023 Dowland Gardens, High Green, Sheffield, S35 4GQ
Sold Nov 2022
£172,000
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Versus other Dowland Gardens homes
20 Dowland Gardens outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,077
Street avg £2,416
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 69 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 3.5 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Wortley Road/Chapel Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
High Green Primary School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB