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Get started1 Buckland Barton Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Newton Abbot (TQ12 4SA). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £341,000 is 18.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 48.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). Sold March 2021 for £287,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
1 Buckland Barton Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Application for prior approval for erection of a single storey extension extending 3.6 metres beyond the rear wall of the dwelling, maximum height 3.5 metres, height to eaves 2.8 metres
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£341,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 8 years.
£287,500
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 8 years.
Floor Area for 1 Buckland Barton Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
61 (D)
Street avg 45 (E)
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 170 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 7.6 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Cavity wall insulation installed
More low energy lighting installed
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30 March 2021Most recent
£287,500
+79.7%over 8 years14 December 2012
£160,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ12 4SA: £205,000 (2025–2006).
4 Buckland Barton Cottages Newton Abbot
Sold Jan 2025
Buckland Barton House Annexe Newton Abbot
Sold Jan 2022
Buckland Barton House Flat 2 Newton Abbot
Sold Apr 2007
3 Buckland Barton Cottages Newton Abbot
Sold Jun 2005
Buckland Barton House Flat 3 Newton Abbot
Sold Sept 1997
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
TQ12 4FJ
Drake Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Haytor View Community Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.3dB
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