Pound Cottage, Burton, Chippenham, SN14 7LS

Pound Cottage is a detached house in Burton, Chippenham, Chippenham (SN14 7LS). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in July 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil.

At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold March 2021 for £667,500. Across the public record there are 5 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £865,000 is 29.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£408/sq ft) was about 171.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.