1 Grove Cottage, Grove Lane, Yatton Keynell, Chippenham, SN14 7BS

1 Grove Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Yatton Keynell, Chippenham, Chippenham (SN14 7BS). It has a recorded floor area of 239 m² (around 2573 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.

It hasn't traded since August 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 239 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £695,000 sits 178% above the 2007 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£97/sq ft) was about 68.9% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.