31 Loxhore Cottages, EX31 4ST

Detached house108 m²EPC GFreehold

31 Loxhore Cottages is a freehold detached house on Loxhore Cottages in EX31. It last sold for £600,000 in 2024 — its 3rd recorded sale, up 140% on its first recorded sale of £250,000 in 2014.

Low crimeFlood risk very low11 of 16 schools Good+Road noise ~59 dBEPC G
51.12654, -3.98878 · EX31 4ST

What this home is

The physical record — from its EPC assessments, HM Land Registry and the VOA.

Property type
Detached house
Detached
Floor area
109 m²
1,173 sq ft
Built
before 1900
EPC construction age band
Tenure
Freehold
CO₂
3 t/yr
current estimate

EPC data © Crown copyright; bedrooms are the register's estimate, not a survey. Tenure from HM Land Registry.

What is it worth now?

An indicative projection from its own sale record — the report's valuation prices it against individual comparable sales.

Most likely worth £560,000£610,000 today, from its £600,000 sale carried along the local index — in a pocket pricier than the wider area.

Most likely range today
£560,000£610,000
The last sold price carried forward along the local price index. Wider 80% range £510,000 – £660,000. It can't see condition or improvements.
Last sold (2024)
£600,000
The known fact every projection starts from — HM Land Registry's recorded price.
£600,000£610,000£560,000sold Sept 24today
£600k£610k£560ksold Sept 24today
core 50% range wider 80% range

From the last sold price to today, along the local price index. The bands widen with time since the sale — the inner band is where the value most likely sits, the outer the wider plausible spread.

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EX31 £/m² (recent sales)£3,103this home £5,556 at its last sale
The local market
Recent sold prices around this home
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5-year
+4%
local sold prices
1-year
+0%
local sold prices
Latest-month median
£307,618
all types, local area
What each type sells for
Detached · this home£432,192
£3,353/m² · ~123 m² · 28 sales · last 12 months
Semi-detached£281,780
£3,156/m² · ~84 m² · 24 sales · last 2 yrs
Terraced£214,485
£2,941/m² · ~73 m² · 10 sales · last 12 months
Flat / maisonette£236,453
~£3,941/m² · ~60 m² · 10 sales · last 2 yrs
Higher or lower-priced pocket?

EX31 4 is a higher-priced pocket — median of this property type is +20% vs the wider EX31 area (last 12 months, same window both sides).

EX31 4 · postcode sector£430,000
EX31 · postcode district£357,500
Official house price index (UK HPI)

Across North Devon, the official average home value is £277,169-3% in a year, +9% over five.

Detached · this home£420,638
Semi-detached£279,326
Terraced£222,277
Flat / maisonette£134,231

Covers the whole North Devon area, not this postcode.

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A point estimate with likely and wide ranges, built from individual comparable sales nearby — each listed with address, date, size and adjusted price.

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Point estimate
Likely range (p50) & wide range (p80)
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Sale history

Every transaction HM Land Registry records for 31 Loxhore Cottages, newest first.

3 recorded sales since 2014, up 140% from first to latest.

£200k£400k£600k200820122016202020242026£305k+100%+20%Sold 2024: £600,000£600kSold 2021: £499,950£500kSold 2014: £250,000£250k
£200k£400k£600k201520212026£305k+20%Sold 2024: £600,000£600kSold 2021: £499,950£500k
EX31 yearly medianThis home's recorded sales

This home's recorded sales joined up, with the change between each — against EX31's yearly median.

17 Sept 2024Most recent
£600,000+20%
Detached house · Freehold · +5.3%/yr since the previous sale
Energy certificate 9 Apr 2024
Rated EPC F · 108 m² recorded
Recorded at this certificate — so at some point since the previous one in 9 Apr 2024:
Heating
Heating changed: Boiler and radiators, wood pellets → Boiler and radiators, LPG
Heating
Heating changed: Boiler and radiators, LPG → Boiler and radiators, oil
Efficiency
EPC improved from G to F
Energy certificate 9 Apr 2024
Rated EPC G · 29 m² recorded
Recorded at this certificate — so at some point since the previous one in 7 Feb 2022:
Heating
Heating changed: Boiler and radiators, wood pellets → Boiler and radiators, LPG
Heating
Heating changed: Boiler and radiators, LPG → Boiler and radiators, oil
Efficiency
EPC improved from G to F
19 Aug 2022NON-STANDARD
£590,000
Other · Freehold
Floor area fell 109→29 m² (-80 m²) — possibly split, reconfigured or re-measured
Floor area grew 29→108 m² (+79 m²) — the property was likely extended or converted
Energy certificate 7 Feb 2022
Rated EPC G · 109 m² recorded
Recorded at this certificate — so at some point since the previous one in 18 Feb 2014:
Heating
Heating changed: Electric storage heaters → Boiler and radiators, wood pellets
16 Mar 2021
£499,950+100%
Detached house · Freehold · +10.2%/yr since the previous sale
Energy certificate 18 Feb 2014
Rated EPC G · 107 m² recorded
17 Jan 2014
£250,000
Detached house · Freehold
Energy certificate 19 Jul 2013
Rated EPC G · 112 m² recorded
Built before 1900
Property built
Victorian or earlier
What a home of this era typically means
  • Almost certainly solid (single-leaf) brick walls — no cavity, so harder and costlier to insulate than modern cavity walls.
  • Shallow foundations by today’s standards; on clay soils, watch for historic movement and subsidence.
  • Typically suspended timber ground floors and original single-glazed sash windows unless upgraded.
  • Built with breathable lime mortar and plaster — modern cement renders or gypsum can trap damp if applied over them.

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset. Rows marked non-standard are "additional price paid" entries (repossessions, bulk purchases, right-to-buy) — listed for completeness, excluded from the change figures.

Energy & running costs

What 31 Loxhore Cottages's Energy Performance Certificates say about efficiency, cost and construction.

EPC band G (9/100) — improvable to C
Heating, hot water and lighting estimated at about £2,716 a year. Certificate valid until April 2034.
Worth checking
!Band G puts this home among the least efficient — minimum-energy-standard rules already bar most F/G lettings, and tighter rules are proposed.
A92+
B81–91
C69–80
Potential · 74
D55–68
E39–54
F21–38
G1–20
This home · 9
CO₂ emissions
3 t/yr
current estimate
Built
before 1900
EPC construction age band
Built form
Detached
Running cost
£2,716/yr
heating + hot water + lighting
Certificate
9 Apr 2024
latest of 4 on record
Between its certificates
RatingGF9Improved
7 Feb 2022Heating changed: Electric storage heaters → Boiler and radiators, wood pellets
9 Apr 2024Floor area fell 109→29 m² (-80 m²) — possibly split, reconfigured or re-measured
9 Apr 2024Heating changed: Boiler and radiators, wood pellets → Boiler and radiators, LPG
9 Apr 2024Floor area grew 29→108 m² (+79 m²) — the property was likely extended or converted
Heat pump?Possible — check first
Pre-1930 solid walls lose heat fast — a heat pump would need wall insulation or oversized radiators to keep up.
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Wall construction & insulation, as assessed
Roof & floor construction, as assessed
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Schools

The nearest primaries and secondaries, with their latest Ofsted judgement.

Strong schools
16 schools within range, 11 rated Good or Outstanding. Nearest is Shirwell Community Primary School (2.0 km).
Nearest schools — blue primary, pink secondary (DfE/Ofsted)
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Shirwell Community Primary School · PrimaryGood2.0 kmOfsted ↗
Bratton Fleming Community Primary School · PrimaryGood3.6 kmOfsted ↗
Goodleigh Church of England Primary School · PrimaryGood4.3 kmOfsted ↗
Pilton Community College · SecondaryGood7.1 kmOfsted ↗
The Park Community School · SecondaryRequires improvement7.7 kmOfsted ↗
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Results & admissions for all 16 schools in range

Every school nearby with exam performance (KS2 progress, Progress 8) benchmarked against the borough and England, admission odds by preference, capacity, and catchment likelihood for this address.

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Shirwell Community Primary School — KS2 results, admission odds & capacity
Bratton Fleming Community Primary School — KS2 results, admission odds & capacity
Goodleigh Church of England Primary School — KS2 results, admission odds & capacity
Pilton Community College — Progress 8, GCSE results & admission odds
The Park Community School — Progress 8, GCSE results & admission odds
The other 11 schools in range, with Ofsted & distance
Catchment likelihood for this address

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The practical file

The running costs and everyday infrastructure a viewing can't show you.

gigabit broadband reaches 94% of premises · 0 amenities in a 15-minute walk.

Gigabit broadband
94%
of premises here
Top speed
0 Mbps
median 0 Mbps
Amenities
0
within a 15-minute walk
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All 0 amenities, counted and priced

The full amenity list by category with names and distances — supermarkets to GPs to gyms — plus parks with sizes and every connectivity measure in full.

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VOA council-tax band with the authority's current rates; Ofcom broadband coverage; amenities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); EV charging from the National Chargepoint Registry; hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency.

The neighbourhood

Who lives here and how the area ranks — the North Devon 006A neighbourhood, from the Census and the Indices of Deprivation.

IMD decile 4/10more deprived than most of England; household income about 5% below the national average; shared/rented housing low.

4/10More deprived than most of England
1 · most deprived10 · least deprived

In plain terms: crime and income score well, but a weaker living environment.

Breakdown by domain
Income7/10
Employment6/10
Education & skills7/10
Health7/10
Crime10/10
Housing & access1/10
Living environment1/10

ONS Census 2021 and the English Indices of Deprivation, at neighbourhood (LSOA/MSOA) level — the immediate pocket, not the whole postcode district.

Crime & safety

Reported street-level crime within about 400 m of EX31 4ST.

Low crime
0 crimes over 24 months — about 0 a month. Trend broadly stable.
Lower crime than about 95% of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhood ranking from the Indices of Deprivation crime domain — relative risk of personal and property crime.
Full breakdown — every category, monthly trend & road safety
Road safety

No fatal or serious collisions recorded within 500 m.

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Inside all 0 crime categories

The trend inside every crime category and how this pocket compares with the wider area per 1,000 residents.

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Police.uk street-level reports, positioned to protect privacy — points snap to anonymised map locations. Road collisions from DfT STATS19.

Flood & ground

Environment Agency, UKHSA and Coal Authority screening for this location.

Flood: very low
EA Flood Map for Planning — blue shading marks rivers & sea flood zones 2–3
EA Flood Map for Planning — blue shading marks rivers & sea flood zones 2–3 · © MapTiler · © OpenStreetMap contributors

Toggle between rivers-and-sea flood zones (EA Flood Map for Planning, zones 2–3 shaded) and NaFRA2 surface-water risk. © Environment Agency. © MapTiler · © OpenStreetMap contributors

Surface water (rainfall)
Very Low
Chance of flooding in heavy rainfall — EA NaFRA2.
Very low
Low
Medium
High
Rivers & sea
Very Low
Likelihood of river or sea flooding today — EA NaFRA2.
Very low
Low
Medium
High
Climate outlook · 2040s–2060s (central climate scenario)
Surface waterVery LowVery Low
Rivers & seaVery LowVery Low
No increase projected under the central climate scenario (EA NaFRA2).

Nearest watercourse: 3.3 km away.

Storm overflows & water quality
No storm overflows monitored within 3 km
Energy infrastructure nearby

No large energy projects (solar farms, batteries, wind) within 3 km.

Radon
High
10–30% of homes above action level
Coal mining
Not in a coalfield
Coal Authority
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The deep ground file

The EA planning flood zone, historic flooding and landfill within 1 km, BGS GeoSure six-theme ground-stability screening, non-coal mining hazard and coastal erosion — and what each finding means for insurance and conveyancing.

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EA Flood Map for Planning zone (rivers & sea, zones 2–3)
Historic flooding & landfill within 1 km
Ground stability — BGS GeoSure six-theme screening
Non-coal mining hazard & coastal erosion
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Environment Agency flood mapping and storm-overflow monitoring, UKHSA radon atlas, Coal Authority reporting areas and the Renewable Energy Planning Database — location screening, not a site investigation.

Noise, air & designations

DEFRA strategic mapping and planning designations at 31 Loxhore Cottages's location.

Moderate mapped noise (~59 dB) · NO₂ ~2 µg/m³
DEFRA strategic noise mapping (Lden day-evening-night) — warm colours are louder
DEFRA strategic noise mapping (Lden day-evening-night) — warm colours are louder · © MapTiler · © OpenStreetMap contributors
Road noise
DEFRA
Daytime59 dB Lden
6 dB above the 53 dB guideline — notable
35guideline 5385 dB
Night48 dB Lnight
3 dB above the 45 dB guideline — moderate
35guideline 4585 dB
Rail noise
NOT MAPPED
DEFRA maps no significant rail noise at this plot or immediately bordering it.
Aircraft noise
NOT MAPPED
DEFRA maps no significant aircraft noise at this plot or immediately bordering it.
Nearest airport: Cardiff, 54.0 km away — significant aircraft noise unlikely.
What does a decibel sound like?
40
Quiet library
50
Quiet home
60
Conversation
70
Busy main road
80
Heavy traffic
Decibels are logarithmic: every +10 dB sounds roughly twice as loud, so 65 dB is markedly noisier than 55 — not “a little” more.
NO₂2 µg/m³Good
PM2.54 µg/m³Good
PM108 µg/m³Good
How each pollutant compares — WHO guideline, UK limit & national average
NO₂
2 µg/m³Good
2 µg/m³
WHO 10UK limit 40
National average 3 µg/m³
Cleaner than 51% of the country
PM2.5
4 µg/m³Good
4 µg/m³
WHO 5UK limit 20
National average 5 µg/m³
Cleaner than 51% of the country
PM10
8 µg/m³Good
8 µg/m³
WHO 15UK limit 40
National average 8 µg/m³
Cleaner than 51% of the country
Planning designations at this address
Listed buildingNo
Not statutorily listed, so the usual alteration rules apply.
Conservation areaNo
Not in a conservation area.
Article 4 directionNo
No Article 4 direction — normal permitted-development rights apply.
Tree preservation orderNo
No tree preservation order recorded on the plot.

DEFRA strategic noise mapping (dB Lden day / Lnight night) and modelled background air quality; designations from local plan open data.

The street and the area

Where 31 Loxhore Cottages sits in its local market.

EX31 median
£297,398
last 8 years
EX31 £/m²
£3,103
last 8 years

31 Loxhore Cottages: quick answers

From HM Land Registry, EPC, VOA, Police.uk, DfE and Environment Agency records.

When did 31 Loxhore Cottages last sell, and for how much?

31 Loxhore Cottages last sold for £600,000 on 17 Sept 2024, according to HM Land Registry.

How many times has 31 Loxhore Cottages been sold?

HM Land Registry records 3 sales for 31 Loxhore Cottages between 2014 and 2024. Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset.

How big is 31 Loxhore Cottages?

Its most recent Energy Performance Certificate records 108 m² of floor area.

How energy efficient is 31 Loxhore Cottages?

Its most recent EPC rates it G (score 9). Its recommended improvements would take it to C.

What is 31 Loxhore Cottages worth today?

Carrying its 2024 sale price forward with its own compounded sale-price growth of 8.6% a year across 3 sales suggests roughly £645,000–£761,000 as of 2026. This is indicative only — the full report values it against individual comparable sales.

What is crime like near 31 Loxhore Cottages?

Police recorded 0 crimes within about 400 m over 24 months — roughly 0 a month. The trend is broadly stable. (Source: Police.uk)

What schools are near 31 Loxhore Cottages?

16 schools are within range, 11 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The closest is Shirwell Community Primary School (2.0 km). (Source: DfE/Ofsted)

Is 31 Loxhore Cottages at risk of flooding?

No flood warnings are in force. Surface-water (heavy rainfall) risk at this location is very low. Rivers-and-sea risk is very low. (Source: Environment Agency)

How fast is broadband at 31 Loxhore Cottages?

Top available download speed is around 0 Mbps. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 94% of premises in this postcode. (Source: Ofcom)

Other homes at EX31 4ST

Recorded sales for the other addresses sharing this postcode on Loxhore Cottages.

HM Land Registry last recorded sale per address; unsold homes show no price.

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The data behind this dossier
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Contains public-sector data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where applicable. Amenity data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Sales before 1995 are not in the public dataset. Figures describe recorded data and are not a survey or valuation of this home; the indicative range is a projection, not an appraisal. marks detail included in the £5 report.