Richmond Cottage, High Street, Hurley, Maidenhead, SL6 5LT
About Richmond Cottage
Richmond Cottage is a detached house in Hurley, Maidenhead, Maidenhead (SL6 5LT). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil.
Last sale on file: £1,400,000 in May 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. 19 planning records sit against the property, 16 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension, partial demolition and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,541,000 is 10.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£813/sq ft) was about 89.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 160 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (189 m² median across 21 EPCs).
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Jan 2026Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Beech tree - prune to give up to 2.5m clearance to the building line on the main south eastern elevation of Richmond Cottage (this does not include the porch); prune to give up to 2m clearance to any part of the neighbours house at Runnymede; prune to give up to 1m clearance to the overhead telecommunication wires and prune to give up to 3.5m directly over the driveway. T2 Yew - crown lift to achieve up to 2.5m clearance over the ground. T3 Lime tree - remove epicormic growth at base and trunk. T4 Cherry tree - fell.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/02831/TCA
- Feb 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
Beech tree - prune to give up to 2.5m clearance to the building line on the main south eastern elevation of Richmond Cottage (this does not include the porch); prune to give up to 2m clearance to any part of the neighbours house at Runnymede; prune to give up to 1m clearance to the overhead telecommunication wires and prune to give up to 3.5m directly over the driveway. Yew - crown lift to achieve up to 2.5m clearance over the ground; prune the crown on the eastern sector, which is opposite the corner point of the conservatory, to reduce crown extent by up to 0.5m. Lime - crown clean (removal of dead, defective branches, stubs) and either option a) crown thin by up to 20% the regrowth from the previous reduction points or option b) crown reduce back to the points of previous reduction leaving where possible a proportion of the smaller live twigs and branches to prevent potential dysfunction of the parent branches or stem; epicormics to be removed once a year over the next 2 years.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/02901/TCA
What's in Richmond Cottage, High Street, Hurley, Maidenhead, SL6 5LT's planning history?
17 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Richmond Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2003.
£1,541,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 18 years.
£1,400,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
27 May 2021Most recent
£1,400,000
+55.6%over 5 years20 August 2015
£900,000
+33.3%over 5 years19 August 2010
£675,000
+23.9%over 6 years14 November 2003
£545,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SL6 5LT: £1,730,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in SL6 5LT
Long Reach, High Street, Hurley, Maidenhead, SL6 5LT
Sold Aug 2023
£2,900,000Locksley House, High Street, Hurley, Maidenhead, SL6 5LT
Sold Mar 2023
£2,600,000Malt House Cottage, High Street, Hurley, Maidenhead, SL6 5LT
Sold Jun 2022
£1,650,000Temple Park Farm, Jersey Cottage, High Street, Hurley, Maidenhead, SL6 5LT
Sold Sept 2021
£475,000Merlins, High Street, Hurley, Maidenhead, SL6 5LT
Sold Sept 2020
£1,730,000
Versus other High Street homes
Richmond Cottage outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,750
Street avg £6,500
Floor Area
160 m²
Street avg 219 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 10.7 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
0.1 km
Shepherds Close — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Danesfield School. 3 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
48.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB







