16 Canterbury Close, Swindon, SN3 1HU
About 16 Canterbury Close
16 Canterbury Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Swindon (SN3 1HU). It has a recorded floor area of 308 m² (around 3315 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2017 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor.
At 308 m² the property is well over the postcode median (141 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 22.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£256/sq ft) was about 39.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2022 for £850,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms4
Energy performance
16 Canterbury Close ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
Floor insulation added or improved
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property is a large detached home over 300m² and has been extended more than once, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
16 Canterbury Close has an approved extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 16 Canterbury Close, Swindon, SN3 1HU
- Jan 2018ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Erection of two storey front, side and rear extensions.
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- S/HOU/17/1973
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 16 Canterbury Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£908,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 22.7% per year over 5 years.
£850,000
Growth on file: 22.7% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
5 July 2022Most recent
£850,000
+174.2%over 4 years31 July 2017
£310,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN3 1HU: £498,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in SN3 1HU
Versus other Canterbury Close homes
16 Canterbury Close outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,760
Street avg £3,035
Floor Area
308 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 6.2 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Recreation Ground — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Lawn Primary and Nursery School. 27 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB







