The Cottage, 52 Fore Street, Totnes, TQ9 5RP
About The Cottage
The Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Totnes (TQ9 5RP). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Period features are noted in the property record.
Sold August 2021 for £485,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£704/sq ft) was about 178.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
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What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
5applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on The Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£500,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 24 years.
£485,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
4 August 2021Most recent
£485,000
+64.4%over 13 years31 October 2007
£295,000
+23.9%over 2 years1 March 2005
£238,000
+167.4%over 7 years8 December 1997
£89,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TQ9 5RP: £195,000 (2025–2019).
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Fore Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
The Grove School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.2dB