Thornaby, Cecil Avenue, Salisbury, SP2 8EE
About Thornaby
Thornaby is a detached house in Salisbury (SP2 8EE). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £573,000 is 36.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£222/sq ft) was about 15.4% below the postcode norm. Sold July 2021 for £420,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Thornaby's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Thornaby has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Thornaby was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£573,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 23 years.
£420,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
29 July 2021Most recent
£420,000
+259.0%over 22 years13 August 1998
£117,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SP2 8EE: £176,500 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in SP2 8EE
Flat 1, 2 Cecil Avenue, Salisbury, SP2 8EE
Sold Feb 2025
£172,000Buchanfield, Flat A, Cecil Avenue, Salisbury, SP2 8EE
Sold Jun 2022
£176,500Cecilwood, Cecil Avenue, Salisbury, SP2 8EE
Sold Mar 2021
£340,000Pippin, Cecil Avenue, Salisbury, SP2 8EE
Sold Sept 2020
£320,0001a, Cecil Avenue, Salisbury, SP2 8EE
Sold Oct 2015
£132,500
Versus other Cecil Avenue homes
On epc rating, Thornaby runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
63 (D)
Street avg 70 (C)
Floor Area
176 m²
Street avg 105 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Cecil Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Harnham Infants' School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.0dB







