Rock Cottage Farm, Tunstall Road, Sunderland, SR3 1AA
About Rock Cottage Farm
Rock Cottage Farm is a detached house in Sunderland (SR3 1AA). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Across 2017–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at -10.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £261,000 sits 161% above the 2025 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 54.1% below the postcode norm. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £100,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Rock Cottage Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at Rock Cottage Farm, Tunstall Road, Sunderland, SR3 1AA
- Jan 2005ConservatoryFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a first floor extension above existing dwellinghouse and conversion/alteration of the existing conservatory to a sun room.
Extension- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 04/01547/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
£261,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -10.5% per year over 8 years.
£100,000
Growth on file: -10.5% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
27 March 2025Most recent
£100,000
-56.5%over 7 years19 September 2017
£230,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in SR3 1AA: £495,000 (2018–2004).
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Leechmere Road-Laurel Grove — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Hill View Infant Academy. 35 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB







