Farnley Cottage, Whinwhistle Road, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BN
About Farnley Cottage
Farnley Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in East Wellow, Romsey, Romsey (SO51 6BN). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 99 m² it sits well below the postcode median (144 m² across 31 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£577/sq ft) was about 83.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £615,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2023Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Oak - Remove 3 limbs
- Agent
- Acorn Tree Specialist Limited
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/01146/TPOS
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£620,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£615,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 August 2022Most recent
£615,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SO51 6BN: £640,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in SO51 6BN
The Laurels, Whinwhistle Road, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BN
Sold May 2025
£640,000Ferndale, Whinwhistle Road, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BN
Sold Aug 2023
£825,000Four Winds, Whinwhistle Road, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BN
Sold Mar 2021
£640,000Primrose House, Whinwhistle Road, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BN
Sold Feb 2021
£695,000The Old Orchard, Whinwhistle Road, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BN
Sold Dec 2020
£595,000
Everything we know about Farnley Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Whinwhistle Road homes
Farnley Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,212
Street avg £3,745
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 143 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 5.4 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
0.4 km
Whinwhistle Corner — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Wellow Primary School. 1 school 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
46.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB