1 Stone Cottages, Stafford Road, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5AX
About 1 Stone Cottages
1 Stone Cottages is a semi-detached house in Penkridge, Stafford, Stafford (ST19 5AX). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump.
Held since December 1997 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £254,000 sits 535% above the 1997 sale of £40,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£43/sq ft) was about 67.5% below the postcode norm. At 86 m² it sits well below the postcode median (129 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs).
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Stone Cottages has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Stone Cottages was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£254,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£40,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 December 1997Most recent
£40,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ST19 5AX: £400,000 (2023–2022).
Nearby sales in ST19 5AX
Foxpennies, Stafford Road, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5AX
Sold Aug 2023
£595,0001 Sandy Mews, Stafford Road, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5AX
Sold Feb 2023
£216,000Foxholes Cottage, Stafford Road, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5AX
Sold Feb 2023
£420,000Westgate House, Stafford Road, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5AX
Sold Aug 2022
£400,000Foxtails, Stafford Road, Penkridge, Stafford, ST19 5AX
Sold Jul 2022
£400,000
Everything we know about 1 Stone 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 Stafford Road homes
1 Stone Cottages outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£465
Street avg £2,397
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 153 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Westgate House — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Marshbrook First School. 5 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
51.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.4dB