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3 sales on record
About Forge Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Forge Cottage is a semi-detached house in Wanborough, Swindon, Swindon (SN4 0AE). It has a recorded floor area of 205 m² (around 2207 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
Sale prices here have outpaced Swindon HPI: 4.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£347/sq ft) was about 18.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 205 m² the property is well over the postcode median (123 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: November 2023 at £765,000.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Forge Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D67
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Forge Cottage, High Street, Wanborough, Swindon, SN4 0AE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history at Forge Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- May 2022Tree WorksTreesGranted
Works to trees in a conservation area.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£791,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 23 years.
Last sold (2023)
£765,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other High Street homes
Four headline reads against 14 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m²
£3,732
Street avg £3,474
Floor Area
205 m²
Street avg 175 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SN4 0AE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 34 points of interest in total.
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