The Dovecote Barn, Belfry Drive, Hullavington, Chippenham, SN14 6QW
About The Dovecote Barn
The Dovecote Barn is a semi-detached house in Hullavington, Chippenham, Chippenham (SN14 6QW). It has a recorded floor area of 227 m² (around 2443 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 227 m² the property is well over the postcode median (155 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £827,000 is 13.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£299/sq ft) was about 120.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £730,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.
Energy performance
The Dovecote Barn sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2020OutbuildingFullIn report
Proposed garden office
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/10586/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on The Dovecote Barn was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£827,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 7 years.
£730,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
4 March 2021Most recent
£730,000
+35.2%over 7 years26 February 2014
£540,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN14 6QW: £374,000 (2025–2004).
Nearby sales in SN14 6QW
12 Belfry Drive, Hullavington, Chippenham, SN14 6QW
Sold Jun 2025
£700,0006 Belfry Drive, Hullavington, Chippenham, SN14 6QW
Sold Mar 2015
£374,00010 Belfry Drive, Hullavington, Chippenham, SN14 6QW
Sold Dec 2009
£580,0003 Belfry Drive, Hullavington, Chippenham, SN14 6QW
Sold Oct 2004
£320,00014 Belfry Drive, Hullavington, Chippenham, SN14 6QW
Sold Apr 2002
£280,000
Versus other Belfry Drive homes
The Dovecote Barn is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,216
Street avg £2,289
Floor Area
227 m²
Street avg 177 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
22.0 t/year
Street avg 8.5 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Watts Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Hullavington CofE Primary and Nursery School. 2 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
43.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB







