1 Railway Cottages, Main Road, Colwich, Stafford, ST17 0XD
About 1 Railway Cottages
1 Railway Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Colwich, Stafford, Stafford (ST17 0XD). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 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. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
1 Railway Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 1 Railway Cottages is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Jul 2013Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Scots Pine tree - remove to ground level
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/18772/TCA
- Mar 2011Tree WorksTreesIn report
Remove Eucalyptus to ground level within Colwich & Little Haywood Conservation Area - T1 as indicated on plan
Conservation Area- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/15051/TCA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Railway Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£216,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in ST17 0XD: £195,000 (2024–2013).
Nearby sales in ST17 0XD
5 Railway Cottages, Main Road, Colwich, Stafford, ST17 0XD
Sold Sept 2024
£290,000Station House, Main Road, Colwich, Stafford, ST17 0XD
Sold Sept 2021
£376,000Lock House, Main Road, Colwich, Stafford, ST17 0XD
Sold Mar 2013
£125,0003 Railway Cottages, Main Road, Colwich, Stafford, ST17 0XD
Sold Apr 2005
£107,1664 Railway Cottages, Main Road, Colwich, Stafford, ST17 0XD
Sold Jun 1995
£34,500
Everything we know about 1 Railway Cottages, 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 Main Road homes
On epc rating, 1 Railway Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
22 (F)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 94 m²
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
St Michael and All Angels Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Colwich CofE Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.8dB