Magpie Cottage, Garden Lane, Stretton, Stafford, ST19 9LG
About Magpie Cottage
Magpie Cottage is a detached house in Stretton, Stafford, Stafford (ST19 9LG). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 101), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 91 m² it sits well below the postcode median (221 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
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
- Aug 2019ConditionsIn report
Discharge condition 3 of listed building consent 16/00854/LBC - details of materials, joinery and finishes and condition 5 an appropriate programme of building recording and analysis
- Agent
- Savills
- Reference
- 16/00854/COND
- Dec 2016RenovationHeritageIn report
Renovation works
- Agent
- Savills
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 16/00854/LBC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Magpie Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£411,000
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.
Everything we know about Magpie Cottage, 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 Garden Lane homes
On habitable rooms, Magpie Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
60 (D)
Street avg 45 (E)
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 464 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 7.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 12 rooms
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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
1.8 km
Stretton Road — bus stop.
Closest school
2.5 km
St Mary's Catholic Primary School. 3 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
44.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB