4 Bishops Close, Torquay, TQ1 2PL
About 4 Bishops Close
4 Bishops Close is a detached house in Torquay (TQ1 2PL). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 120 m² it's 24.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (159 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2019–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£437/sq ft) was about 140.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £565,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
4 Bishops Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
4 Bishops Close 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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£596,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 16.6% per year over 2 years.
£565,000
Growth on file: 16.6% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
24 June 2021Most recent
£565,000
+44.9%over 2 years24 January 2019
£390,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ1 2PL: £500,000 (2025–2018).
Everything we know about 4 Bishops Close, 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 Bishops Close homes
On epc rating, 4 Bishops Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,708
Street avg £3,088
Floor Area
120 m²
Street avg 165 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 5.6 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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Asheldon Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Ilsham Church of England Academy. 8 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
36.1dB