Top Lock Cottage, Northampton
Top Lock Cottage, Northampton
Description & Estimates







Top Lock Cottage, Northampton is recorded publicly as a period freehold house across 1,280 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 543 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 4 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of Top Lock Cottage, Northampton is £269,750 and its rental estimate is £1,353 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Watford, Northampton, NN6 falls within the NN6 postal district.
Our Data Sources
Top Lock Cottage, Northampton has a single entry in the Land Registry from January 2010 and a single entry in the EPC database dated November 2021.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property 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 Top Lock Cottage, Northampton, we estimate a market value of £283,237 and a rental value of £1,421 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £250,867 and £1,258 per month respectively.
Recent Market Change
Over the last year, Top Lock Cottage, Northampton has seen its estimated sale value decrease by £2,961 (1.1%) and its estimated rental value grow by £21 per month (1.6%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 6.0%.
Plot Size
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for Top Lock Cottage, Northampton as measuring 543 m2.
That makes it the largest plot in the postcode, where 2 of the 3 other houses have recorded plot data.
Energy Efficiency
Top Lock Cottage, Northampton has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of F. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 22 Nov 2021.
The property is not connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, coal, Electric storage heaters.
Sold Prices
The most recent sale of Top Lock Cottage, Northampton completed on 25th January 2010 at £150,000 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 91.2% over the period since January 2010.
- Sold Jan 2010£150,000
Similar Properties Sold Nearby
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to Top Lock Cottage, Northampton have sold within a radius of 3.7 kilometres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 29th May 2009, was 1, Eden Court, Northampton, NN6 7UW, a freehold house which sold for £150,000.
Read more about house prices in NN6.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
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Location Comparison
Of the 6 addresses on Watford, Northampton, NN6, Top Lock Cottage, Northampton comes out as the largest and the 4th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £134k less expensive than the average property across the NN6 district.
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Schools Nearby
- 2.8kmWelton Church of England Academy
- 3.8kmLong Buckby Infant School
- 3.8kmLong Buckby Junior School
- 5.8kmThe Parker E-ACT Academy
- 7.1kmHoulton School
- 8.3kmAshlawn School
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Public Transport Nearby
From Top Lock Cottage, Northampton, the nearest station is Long Buckby, 3.7 kilometres away.
- 3.7kmLong Buckby
- 10.9kmRugby
- 17.5kmNorthampton
Risk of Flooding
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.

