3 Tithe Barn Cottages, Branscombe, Seaton EX12 3BW

End-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 110 m² · Owner-Occupied · Electric storage heaters

Upgrade Plan

EB for £23,450 · £7,817 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1810.6 yrs+4.2 pts
Party wall insulation£300 – £600£1173.9 yrs+2.7 pts
High-retention storage heaters£2,000 – £3,000£4235.9 yrs+9.9 pts · reaches D
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1606.2 yrs+3.8 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£19922.7 yrs+4.6 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£21523.3 yrs+5.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£16630.0 yrs+3.9 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£7850+ yrs+1.8 pts · reaches B

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£3,020
per year at grade E
£1,482
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,538 a year — a 6.6% annual return on £23,450.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £1,957 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

17 April 2020£250,000
31 August 2005£135,000

Estimated today: £304,935 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Branscombe Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.2 mi
Beer Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.7 mi
Sidbury Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.8 mi
Sidmouth CollegeSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.24 · below average (2023/24)
Colyton Grammar SchoolSecondary4.1 miProgress 8 +0.99 · well above average (2023/24)
The King's SchoolSecondary6.6 miProgress 8 +0.34 · above average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

6.9
crimes a month
62
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 47% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019890, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.