The Hollies, Cuttle Lane, Biddestone, Chippenham, SN14 7DA
About The Hollies
The Hollies is a one-bedroom detached house in Biddestone, Chippenham, Chippenham (SN14 7DA). It has a recorded floor area of 245 m² (around 2637 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.
Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in July 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 245 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 8 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. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,213,000 sits 188.8% above the 1997 sale of £420,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£159/sq ft) was about 43.4% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Energy performance
The Hollies sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Apr 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2015Tree WorksTreesIn report
Crown Lift 1 Ash Tree to 4 Metres Above Ground Level.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/01912/TCA
What's in The Hollies, Cuttle Lane, Biddestone, Chippenham, SN14 7DA's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The Hollies has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£1,213,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£420,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 July 1997Most recent
£420,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN14 7DA: £585,000 (2025–2013).
Nearby sales in SN14 7DA
10 Cuttle Lane, Biddestone, Chippenham, SN14 7DA
Sold Sept 2025
£750,00015 Cuttle Lane, Biddestone, Chippenham, SN14 7DA
Sold Aug 2023
£730,00012 Cuttle Lane, Biddestone, Chippenham, SN14 7DA
Sold Jun 2021
£585,0009 Cuttle Lane, Biddestone, Chippenham, SN14 7DA
Sold Oct 2014
£422,50014 Cuttle Lane, Biddestone, Chippenham, SN14 7DA
Sold Jan 2013
£150,000
Versus other Cuttle Lane homes
Price per m² for The Hollies lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,714
Street avg £4,383
Floor Area
245 m²
Street avg 128 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
0.2 km
Baptist Chapel — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
By Brook Valley CofE Primary School. 1 school 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
43.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB







