Reading Room Cottage, Market Place, Castle Combe, Chippenham, SN14 7HT
About Reading Room Cottage
Reading Room Cottage is a property in Castle Combe, Chippenham, Chippenham (SN14 7HT).
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On the market in February 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years. Across 2016–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 42.8% per year.
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Planning history
Reading Room Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Sept 2017RenovationHeritageIn report
Internal and external alterations to the existing building including the retention of unauthorised works to the ground floor in respect of the capping of the existing well, and the first floor bathroom
ListedRetrospective- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/06193/LBC
- Oct 2012ConservatoryHeritageIn report
Demolition of Rear Canopy and Erection of a Conservatory
Extension- Reference
- N/12/02278/LBC
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Sales history & valuation
Reading Room Cottage changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£560,000
Growth on file: 42.8% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
6 February 2018Most recent
£560,000
+55.6%over 1 year10 November 2016
£360,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN14 7HT: £485,000 (2021–2016).
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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
0.0 km
Village Centre — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
By Brook Valley CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB







