Rookes House, Templecombe
Rookes House, Templecombe
Description & Estimates







Rookes House, Templecombe appears in the public record as a freehold house.
By comparing it to nearby properties, we estimate it to be a period house with 2,563 ft2 of internal area and a garden.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 5 bedrooms.
Our estimate of the sale value of Rookes House, Templecombe is £616,262 and its rental estimate is £1,851 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Horsington, Templecombe, BA8 falls within the BA8 postal district.
Our Data Sources
Rookes House, Templecombe has a single entry in the Land Registry from December 2020 and no records in the EPC database.
We combine this sold price information with public data of neighbouring properties to estimate the attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 1 out of 5 and is considered of low accuracy.
Price Range & Condition
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For Rookes House, Templecombe, we estimate a market value of £647,076 and a rental value of £1,944 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £573,124 and £1,722 per month respectively.
Recent Market Change
Over the last year, Rookes House, Templecombe has seen its estimated sale value decrease by £28,079 (4.6%) and its estimated rental value grow by £19 per month (1.1%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 3.6%.
Sold Prices
The most recent sale of Rookes House, Templecombe completed on 21st December 2020 at £1,105,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 this is the property's only sale.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 49.8% over the period since December 2020.
- Sold Dec 2020£1,105,000
Similar Properties Sold Nearby
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to Rookes House, Templecombe have sold within a radius of 4.3 kilometres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 17th November 2020, was Little Orchard, Church Hill, Templecombe, BA8 0HG, a freehold house which sold for £425,000.
Read more about house prices in BA8.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
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Location Comparison
Of the 132 addresses on Horsington, Templecombe, BA8, Rookes House, Templecombe comes out as the 27th largest and the 29th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £244k more expensive than the average property across the BA8 district.
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Schools Nearby
- 700mHorsington Church School
- 1.3kmAbbas and Templecombe Church School
- 4.0kmCharlton Horethorne Church of England Primary School
- 4.7kmKing Arthur's School
- 8.8kmThe Gryphon School
- 10.6kmSexey's School
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Public Transport Nearby
From Rookes House, Templecombe, the nearest station is Templecombe, 1.4 kilometres away.
- 1.4kmTemplecombe
- 9.9kmSherborne
- 10.9kmGillingham (Dorset)
Available Internet Speeds
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
Risk of Flooding
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.

