Old Rectory Drive, Old Rectory Cottage, Bridge Hill, St Columb, TR9 6BY
About Old Rectory Drive
Old Rectory Drive is a detached house in St Columb (TR9 6BY). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in June 2002. Across 2001–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 21.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £364,000 sits 203.3% above the 2002 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£88/sq ft) was about 32.9% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, new windows and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 127 m² it's 25.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 30 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Old Rectory Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Old Rectory Drive has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Aug 2017ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4 of decision notice PA17/00782.
- Agent
- Laurence Associates
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- PA17/07104
- Mar 2017PorchHeritageIn report
Listed Building Consent for the replacement of uPVC windows and doors with timber windows and doors, removal of internal partition walls and construction of porch canopy
- Agent
- Laurence Associates
ListedExtensionNew Windows- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- PA17/00782
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Sales history & valuation
Old Rectory Drive's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£364,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 21.1% per year over 1 year.
£120,000
Growth on file: 21.1% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
25 June 2002Most recent
£120,000
+30.4%over 1 year2 February 2001
£92,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR9 6BY: £380,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in TR9 6BY
6 Old Rectory Drive, Bridge Hill, St Columb, TR9 6BY
Sold Jan 2024
£737,000Town Mills, Bridge Hill, St Columb, TR9 6BY
Sold Dec 2021
£900,000Bridge Barn, Bridge Hill, St Columb, TR9 6BY
Sold Jun 2021
£380,000Toll House, Bridge Hill, St Columb, TR9 6BY
Sold Jan 2021
£241,5001a, Bridge Hill, St Columb, TR9 6BY
Sold Nov 2020
£330,000
Versus other Bridge Hill homes
EPC Rating for Old Rectory Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£945
Street avg £2,634
Floor Area
127 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 5.4 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
St Columb Major By-pass North — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
St Columb Major Academy. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB







