Fernleigh Cottage, Pomeroy Villas, Bridgetown, Totnes, TQ9 5BE

Fernleigh Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bridgetown, Totnes, Totnes (TQ9 5BE). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

It changed hands recently, sold August 2025 for £520,000. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include partial demolition and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 143 m² it sits well below the postcode median (348 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£338/sq ft) was about 373% above the typical sold price in the postcode.