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Get startedNursery Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Claines, Worcester, Worcester (WR3 7SW). It has a recorded floor area of 248 m² (around 2669 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).
Sale prices here have outpaced Worcester HPI: 8.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£262/sq ft) was about 63.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 248 m² the property is well over the postcode median (165 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold May 2022 for £700,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Nursery Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Nursery Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed erection of a single storey rear extension.
Latest sale on Nursery Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£692,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.1% per year over 25 years.
£700,000
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 25 years.
On epc rating, Nursery Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
60 (D)
Street avg 71 (C)
Floor Area
248 m²
Street avg 197 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.3 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Raven Inn — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.3dB

Proposed two storey rear extension, single storey side extension and detached double garage.
20 May 2022Most recent
£700,000
+197.9%over 19 years19 December 2002
£235,000
+59.9%over 3 years12 October 1999
£147,000
+50.8%over 2 years13 December 1996
£97,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in WR3 7SW: £349,950 (2023–2010).
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Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
WR3 7HY
Closest school
0.5 km
North Worcester Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.1dB
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