Orchard Cottage, Froxmere Road, Crowle, Worcester, WR7 4AL

Orchard Cottage is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Crowle, Worcester, Worcester (WR7 4AL). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 104), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

It hasn't traded since September 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £586,000 sits 134.4% above the 1997 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£528/sq ft) was about 150% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (108 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.