185 New Road, Ascot, SL5 8PU
About 185 New Road
185 New Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Ascot (SL5 8PU). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2021) 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 September 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.
Last sale on file: £379,000 in January 2022. Across the public record there are 4 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 51 m² it's 18.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 12 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£690/sq ft) was about 101.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- 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
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 185 New Road.
- Aug 2017ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a first floor rear extension.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/00522/FUL
- Aug 2006ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of first floor rear extension.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/00594/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£402,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.8% per year over 18 years.
£379,000
Growth on file: 3.8% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
31 January 2022Most recent
£379,000
+1.1%over 6 years11 March 2015
£375,000
+63.0%over 8 years4 April 2006
£230,000
+17.8%over 2 years9 February 2004
£195,280
Median price across the last 5 sales in SL5 8PU: £287,500 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in SL5 8PU
3 Drummond Court, New Road, Ascot, SL5 8PU
Sold Oct 2022
£300,0002 Drummond Court, New Road, Ascot, SL5 8PU
Sold Sept 2022
£265,0006 Drummond Court, New Road, Ascot, SL5 8PU
Sold Jul 2021
£287,5008 Drummond Court, New Road, Ascot, SL5 8PU
Sold May 2021
£380,0004 Drummond Court, New Road, Ascot, SL5 8PU
Sold Dec 2017
£245,000
Versus other New Road homes
On price per m², 185 New Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£7,431
Street avg £3,989
Floor Area
51 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 4.3 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
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Royal Hunt Public House — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Ascot Heath Primary School. 7 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
46.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB







