The Old Chapel, Lydiard Green, Lydiard Millicent, Swindon, SN5 3LP
About The Old Chapel
The Old Chapel is a four-bedroom detached house in Lydiard Millicent, Swindon, Swindon (SN5 3LP). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (130 m² across 15 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 change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£354/sq ft) was about 83.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2022 for £670,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
The Old Chapel's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Apr 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2015ConversionFullIn report
Garage Conversion
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/00772/FUL
- Nov 2013Change of UseFullIn report
Change of Use of Office to Residential Dwelling
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/03647/FUL
What's in The Old Chapel, Lydiard Green, Lydiard Millicent, Swindon, SN5 3LP's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£673,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.8% per year over 16 years.
£670,000
Growth on file: 3.8% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
19 September 2022Most recent
£670,000
+83.1%over 7 years30 January 2015
£366,000
-2.4%over 8 years22 December 2006
£375,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN5 3LP: £415,000 (2024–2013).
Nearby sales in SN5 3LP
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Sold Jul 2024
£350,0009 Lydiard Green, Lydiard Millicent, Swindon, SN5 3LP
Sold Oct 2023
£570,00015 Lydiard Green, Lydiard Millicent, Swindon, SN5 3LP
Sold Dec 2014
£415,000Greensend, Lydiard Green, Lydiard Millicent, Swindon, SN5 3LP
Sold Dec 2013
£665,00011 Lydiard Green, Lydiard Millicent, Swindon, SN5 3LP
Sold May 2013
£230,000
Everything we know about The Old Chapel, in one report
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Versus other Lydiard Green homes
Floor Area for The Old Chapel runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,807
Street avg £2,879
Floor Area
176 m²
Street avg 160 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 6.0 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
0.0 km
Bagbury Park — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary School. 6 schools 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
42.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB