Wilbury Cottage, Beech Hill Road, Ascot, SL5 0BN
About Wilbury Cottage
Wilbury Cottage is a detached house in Ascot (SL5 0BN). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 10 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £833,000 is 11.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£622/sq ft) was about 144.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £750,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Wilbury Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A recent planning application at Wilbury Cottage was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Oct 2024ConditionsIn report
Details required by Condition 5 (External lighting) of planning permission 23/02953/FULL for 2no. linked detached dwellings, detached car port and associated cycle storage, parking and landscaping following the demolition of the existing dwelling.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/02177/CONDIT
- Aug 2024ConditionsIn report
Details required by Condition 20 (Sustainability) of planning permission 23/02953/FULL for 2no. linked detached dwellings, detached car port and associated cycle storage, parking and landscaping following the demolition of the existing dwelling.
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/01749/CONDIT
What's in Wilbury Cottage, Beech Hill Road, Ascot, SL5 0BN's planning history?
8 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£833,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -5.8% per year over 2 years.
£750,000
Growth on file: -5.8% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
4 May 2022Most recent
£750,000
-12.3%over 2 years24 February 2020
£855,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SL5 0BN: £727,000 (2023–2013).
Nearby sales in SL5 0BN
Willowdale, Beech Hill Road, Ascot, SL5 0BN
Sold Feb 2023
£690,0007 Beech Hill Road, Ascot, SL5 0BN
Sold Nov 2019
£415,00013 Beech Hill Road, Ascot, SL5 0BN
Sold Dec 2014
£727,000Foxdene Cottage, Beech Hill Road, Ascot, SL5 0BN
Sold Mar 2014
£832,000Ridge House, Beech Hill Road, Ascot, SL5 0BN
Sold Nov 2013
£833,000
Versus other Beech Hill Road homes
Wilbury Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,696
Street avg £4,539
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Park Crescent — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Sunningdale. 6 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB







