1 Rock House, Rock House Lane, Maidencombe, Torquay, TQ1 4SX
About 1 Rock House
1 Rock House is an end-of-terrace house in Maidencombe, Torquay, Torquay (TQ1 4SX). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £193,000 is 35.7% below the 2022 sale of £300,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£296/sq ft) was about 90.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 94 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £300,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Planning history
1 Rock House has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
5applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
1 Rock House has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2017.
£193,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 19.8% per year over 5 years.
£300,000
Growth on file: 19.8% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
5 September 2022Most recent
£300,000
+140.0%over 4 years3 November 2017
£125,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ1 4SX: £295,000 (2023–2017).
Nearby sales in TQ1 4SX
Orestone Cottage, Rock House Lane, Maidencombe, Torquay, TQ1 4SX
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£795,0002 Rock House, Rock House Lane, Maidencombe, Torquay, TQ1 4SX
Sold Feb 2022
£295,000Rock House Lodge, Rock House Lane, Maidencombe, Torquay, TQ1 4SX
Sold Jul 2018
£299,950Longwood House, Rock House Lane, Maidencombe, Torquay, TQ1 4SX
Sold Apr 2017
£285,000Cliffside Cottage, Rock House Lane, Maidencombe, Torquay, TQ1 4SX
Sold Mar 2016
£315,000
Everything we know about 1 Rock House, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area

Versus other Rock House Lane homes
1 Rock House outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
67 (D)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 50 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.4 t/year
Street avg 2.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Brunel Manor — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Watcombe Primary School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB