Melrose Cottage, 8, Crown Place, RG1 5AE

Property data
Sale history
Price Date Annual growth After inflation
£375,000 Mar 2025 3.6% 0.7%
£250,000 Sep 2013 na na
Internal area
81 square metres (872 square feet) according to latest EPC inspection
£ per square meter (foot)
£4,629 per sqm (£430 per sqft) in Mar 2025. For context, homes in Reading are now selling for between £3,770 and £4,730 per square metre (£350 and £439 per square foot) . See the analysis of Reading RG1-5 housing market.
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Bedrooms
2
Type
Detached
Council tax band
D
Plot size
70 square metres (753 square feet) - map showing freehold boundary lines
Archived listings
History:
Archived rental listing for Melrose Cottage, 8 Crown Place. Advertised on multiple portals. It was added on 13/06/2025. It last appeared Jun 2025.
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Advertiser remarks:
  • 1 bathrooms
Planning applications
Planning ref:
April 2013 PL/12/1419
Type:
Discharge of conditions imposed on an existing application
Status:
Application approved with conditions
Address:
Melrose Cottage 8 Crown Place Reading
Description:
Discharge of conditions 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18 of planning permission 12/00259/FUL.
Planning ref:
October 2012 PL/12/0958
Type:
Discharge of conditions imposed on an existing application ; this application involves multiple dwellings
Status:
Application refused
Address:
Melrose Cottage 8 Crown Place Reading
Description:
Demolition of extension to existing building and front boundary wall. Alterations to existing building and erection of new buildings to form11 x 2 bed units with associated car parking, refuse and cycle stores and landscaping (resubmission of planning application 11/01459/FUL) w ithout complying with condition 2 of planning permission 12/00259/FUL
Planning ref:
September 2012 PL/12/0422
Type:
Discharge of conditions imposed on an existing application
Status:
Application approved with conditions
Address:
Melrose Cottage 8 Crown Place Reading
Description:
Discharge of condition 2 of planning permission 12/00890/FUL
Planning ref:
July 2012 PL/12/0841
Type:
Full and householder planning application
Status:
Status not known
Address:
Melrose Cottage 8 Crown Place Reading
Description:
Installation of new 6m high pole with a new CCTV dome monitoring camera
Planning ref:
May 2012 PL/12/0073
Type:
Heritage application - conservation issues and listed buildings
Status:
Status not known
Address:
Melrose Cottage 8 Crown Place Reading
Description:
Demolition of extension to existing building and front boundary wall. Alterations to existing building and erection of new buildings to for m 11 x 2 bed units with associated car parking, refuse and cycle stores and landscaping (resubmission of planning application 11/01460/CON)
Planning ref:
April 2012 PL/12/1178
Type:
Tree and hedge works
Status:
Status not known
Address:
Melrose Cottage 8 Crown Place Reading
Description:
renewal of previous consent to fell one Willow
Planning ref:
January 2012 PL/11/0974
Type:
Full and householder planning application ; this application involves multiple dwellings
Status:
Application withdrawn before a decision was taken
Address:
Melrose Cottage 8 Crown Place Reading
Description:
Demolition of existing extension and front boundary wall. Alterations to existing building and erection of new buildings to form 12 x 2-bed units with associated car parking, refuse, cycle stores and landscaping.
Planning ref:
January 2012 PL/11/0975
Type:
Heritage application - conservation issues and listed buildings
Status:
Application withdrawn before a decision was taken
Address:
Melrose Cottage 8 Crown Place Reading
Description:
Demolition of existing extension and front boundary wall. Alterations to existing building and erection of new buildings to form 12 x 2-bed units with associated car parking, refuse, cycle stores and landscaping.
Planning ref:
August 2011 PL/11/0676
Type:
Unknown type ; this application involves multiple dwellings
Status:
Status not known
Address:
Melrose Cottage 8 Crown Place Reading
Description:
Highways enquiries
Planning ref:
March 2011 PL/11/0407
Type:
Tree and hedge works
Status:
Status not known
Address:
Melrose Cottage 8 Crown Place Reading
Description:
Fell one Willow (extension of time limit to existing permission)
EPC Inspections
Summary:
11 December 2020 - energy performance certificate grade D
Reason for EPC:
marketed sale
Tenure:
Owner-occupied
Property type:
Detached House , has 4 habitable rooms. Estimated year built before 1900
Area:
81 sqm (872 square foot) total internal area
Comments:
Walls: Solid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed). Roof: Roof room(s), no insulation (assumed). Heating: Boiler and radiators, mains gas.