Garden Cottage, Fons George, Taunton, TA1 3JT
About Garden Cottage
Garden Cottage is a detached house in Taunton (TA1 3JT). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.
At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (128 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,877/sq ft) was about 1448.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £990,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
Garden Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
Garden Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Garden Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£956,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£990,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
2 February 2022Most recent
£990,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TA1 3JT: £380,000 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in TA1 3JT
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Sold Mar 2025
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Sold Jul 2024
£595,000All Winds, Fons George, Taunton, TA1 3JT
Sold Sept 2022
£525,0002 Belle Vue Terrace, Fons George, Taunton, TA1 3JT
Sold Jan 2022
£380,0004 Belle Vue Terrace, Fons George, Taunton, TA1 3JT
Sold Jun 2014
£235,000
Versus other Fons George homes
On price per m², Garden Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£20,204
Street avg £2,931
Floor Area
49 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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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
0.1 km
Middleway — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Parkfield Primary School. 19 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB