1 Woods Cottage, Upper Wood Lane, Kingswear, Dartmouth, TQ6 0DQ
About 1 Woods Cottage
1 Woods Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Kingswear, Dartmouth, Dartmouth (TQ6 0DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £417,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- ParkingYes
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
Energy performance
1 Woods Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 5 January 2032
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Planning history
Planning records include a solar-panel installation at 1 Woods Cottage.
2 applications on record at 1 Woods Cottage, Upper Wood Lane, Kingswear, Dartmouth, TQ6 0DQ
- Jan 2024Solar PanelsFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Householder application for first floor side extension, single storey rear extension, garage, solar panels, rooflights & access stairs
- Council
- South Hams
Extension- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 3757/23/HHO
- More recent applications — locked
- AmendmentJul 2025Decision
Unlock 1 Woods Cottage, Upper Wood Lane, Kingswear, Dartmouth, TQ6 0DQ's full planning history
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£439,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£417,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 September 2022Most recent
£417,500
Median price across the last 2 sales in TQ6 0DQ: £212,500 (2014–2013).
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
34/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Lower Contour Road — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Dartmouth Academy. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB







