Bramble Cottage, Defford, Worcester WR8 9BJ

Detached house · Built 1996-2002 · 75 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

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MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Shower heat recovery(optional, beyond D)£600 – £1,500£550+ yrs+0.6 pts
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £7,000£2250+ yrs+2.9 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond D)£8,000 – £10,000£2650+ yrs+3.5 pts

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

£1,077
per year at grade D
£1,025
per year at grade D

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2026, states £1,090 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Church Lane: 2 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Defford-Cum-Besford CofE SchoolPrimaryunder 0.1 mi
Eckington CofE First SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Abbey Park Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Pershore High SchoolSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 +0.07 · average (2023/24)
Hanley Castle High SchoolSecondary4.9 miProgress 8 +0.23 · above average (2023/24)
Tewkesbury AcademySecondary6.3 miProgress 8 -0.07 · 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.

9.6
crimes a month
77
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01032372, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Church Lane

How this home sits against its street.

9
graded homes
56.7
average score
D
most common grade
-1.7
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.