1 Sweets Cottages, Rectory Lane, Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth, TQ6 0QB
About 1 Sweets Cottages
1 Sweets Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth, Dartmouth (TQ6 0QB). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 68 m² it sits well below the postcode median (141 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £250,000 is 25% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 48.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £200,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 24 September 2032
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system upgraded to a more efficient system
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
Get a survey for this property
Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919 and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
From £885 · Includes VAT
Planning history
1 Sweets Cottages has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£250,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£200,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 November 2022Most recent
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ6 0QB: £600,000 (2024–2008).
Nearby sales in TQ6 0QB
2 Sweets Cottages, Rectory Lane, Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth, TQ6 0QB
Sold Jul 2024
£175,000Water Meadow, Rectory Lane, Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth, TQ6 0QB
Sold Aug 2021
£600,000Pine Lodge, Rectory Lane, Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth, TQ6 0QB
Sold Nov 2017
£70,000Farwell House, Rectory Lane, Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth, TQ6 0QB
Sold May 2017
£825,000White Lodge, Rectory Lane, Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth, TQ6 0QB
Sold Aug 2008
£682,500
Versus other Rectory Lane homes
On habitable rooms, 1 Sweets Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,941
Street avg £3,134
Floor Area
68 m²
Street avg 186 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 8.4 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
34/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Bidders Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Stoke Fleming Community Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB







