Picture House Cottage, Sherwood Road, Tideswell, Buxton, SK17 8LH
About Picture House Cottage
Picture House Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Tideswell, Buxton, Buxton (SK17 8LH). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1905 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2024) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2013. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).
At 177 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £645,000 is 44.9% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£234/sq ft) was about 30.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 11 years since the last transfer (August 2015).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Picture House Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Planning history
Picture House Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Nov 2024ExtensionHeritageIn report
Listed Building consent - Replacement and redesign of existing extension including glazed roof, windows and doors, replacement windows generally and addition of rooflights to the extension and main building, removal of modern render to the main building, roof repairs, chimney rebuilds and minor internal amendments, replacement of garden patio and widening/ replacement of existing garage door.
- Agent
- Time Architects
ListedNew Windows- Documents
- 40 docs on file
- Reference
- NP/DDD/0822/1103
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Sales history & valuation
Picture House Cottage's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£645,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.4% per year over 11 years.
£445,000
Growth on file: 0.4% per year over 11 years.
Sales timeline
24 August 2015Most recent
£445,000
+4.7%over 11 years1 June 2004
£425,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SK17 8LH: £385,000 (2018–2005).
Nearby sales in SK17 8LH
1 Picture House Flats, Sherwood Road, Tideswell, Buxton, SK17 8LH
Sold Apr 2018
£85,000Sherwood House, Sherwood Road, Tideswell, Buxton, SK17 8LH
Sold Jan 2018
£951,000Horse Croft House, Sherwood Road, Tideswell, Buxton, SK17 8LH
Sold Oct 2005
£385,000Tideswell Lodge, Sherwood Road, Tideswell, Buxton, SK17 8LH
Sold Oct 1997
£195,000
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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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Fountain Square — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Bishop Pursglove CofE (A) Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB







