1 Royal Oak Cottages, Ivetsey Bank Road, Bishops Wood, Stafford, ST19 9AE
About 1 Royal Oak Cottages
1 Royal Oak Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishops Wood, Stafford, Stafford (ST19 9AE). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in June 2004. Today's modelled estimate of £478,000 sits 62% above the 2004 sale of £295,000. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2005.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
1 Royal Oak Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Feb 2005MixedOutlineIn report
Demolition of existing single storey extensions, re-designing layout of existing car park and new residential development.
- Reference
- 04/01339/OUT
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Royal Oak Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£478,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£295,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 June 2004Most recent
£295,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ST19 9AE: £397,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in ST19 9AE
Chey An Drey, Ivetsey Bank Road, Bishops Wood, Stafford, ST19 9AE
Sold Oct 2024
£425,000White Cottage, Ivetsey Bank Road, Bishops Wood, Stafford, ST19 9AE
Sold Oct 2024
£425,000Careless Lodge, Ivetsey Bank Road, Bishops Wood, Stafford, ST19 9AE
Sold Sept 2021
£245,000Drifters Cottage, Ivetsey Bank Road, Bishops Wood, Stafford, ST19 9AE
Sold Apr 2021
£397,000Cedar Lodge, Ivetsey Bank Road, Bishops Wood, Stafford, ST19 9AE
Sold May 2019
£395,000
Everything we know about 1 Royal Oak 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 Ivetsey Bank Road homes
Years Held for 1 Royal Oak Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,360
Street avg £2,215
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 6.4 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
0.1 km
Ivetsey Bank Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St John's CofE First School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB