Dower House, Rectory Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, SL6 0ET
About Dower House
Dower House is a semi-detached house in Taplow, Maidenhead, Maidenhead (SL6 0ET). It has a recorded floor area of 438 m² (around 4715 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
At 438 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2005. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£509/sq ft) was about 77.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £2,400,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Dower House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Dower House has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Sept 2005RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed building application for alterations, lower ground floor deck and access, stairs. Alterations and enclosure of outbuilding, gates and piers
Listed- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 05/01026/LBC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2004.
£2,635,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 16 years.
£2,400,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
5 January 2021Most recent
£2,400,000
+23.1%over 3 years30 March 2017
£1,950,000
+95.0%over 12 years1 December 2004
£1,000,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SL6 0ET: £450,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in SL6 0ET
Farm View, Rectory Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, SL6 0ET
Sold Sept 2025
£450,000Hill House, Flat 1, Rectory Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, SL6 0ET
Sold Jan 2024
£370,000Hill House, Flat 5, Rectory Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, SL6 0ET
Sold Dec 2022
£362,500Autumn House, Rectory Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, SL6 0ET
Sold Nov 2022
£3,500,000School House, Rectory Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, SL6 0ET
Sold Apr 2022
£980,000
Versus other Rectory Road homes
On floor area, Dower House stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,479
Street avg £5,037
Floor Area
438 m²
Street avg 220 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 8.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Village Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St Nicolas' Church of England Combined School. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB







