Thistle Cottage, Ascot Road, Holyport, Maidenhead, SL6 3LD
About Thistle Cottage
Thistle Cottage is a semi-detached house in Holyport, Maidenhead, Maidenhead (SL6 3LD). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil.
Last sale on file: £945,000 in July 2021. 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. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£563/sq ft) was about 96.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 156 m² it's 15.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (185 m² median across 9 EPCs).
Energy performance
Thistle Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at Thistle Cottage.
- Mar 2018Loft ConversionFullIn report
Proposed porch canopy. Front and rear rooflights in association with loft conversion
ExtensionPorch- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/00316/FULL
- Nov 2014ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension. Amendment to planning permission 14/01555
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/03089/FULL
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Sales history & valuation
Thistle Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2002.
£949,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 19 years.
£945,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
15 July 2021Most recent
£945,000
+56.2%over 8 years22 July 2012
£605,000
+62.6%over 8 years16 May 2004
£372,000
+28.3%over 1 year25 July 2002
£290,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SL6 3LD: £756,000 (2021–2012).
Nearby sales in SL6 3LD
2 The Poplars, Ascot Road, Holyport, Maidenhead, SL6 3LD
Sold Mar 2021
£756,000Plumtree Cottage, Ascot Road, Holyport, Maidenhead, SL6 3LD
Sold Nov 2018
£1,030,000Rosemary, Ascot Road, Holyport, Maidenhead, SL6 3LD
Sold Aug 2014
£450,000Foxley Green Cottage, Ascot Road, Holyport, Maidenhead, SL6 3LD
Sold Dec 2012
£840,000Foxley Cottage, Ascot Road, Holyport, Maidenhead, SL6 3LD
Sold Sept 2011
£1,300,000
Versus other Ascot Road homes
Thistle Cottage is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£6,058
Street avg £3,997
Floor Area
156 m²
Street avg 203 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 10.6 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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Foxley Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Holyport College. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.2dB







