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HIGHFIELD

MOULTON ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, PITSFORD, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NN6 9AU

5 beds 2 baths 2,465 sq ft Listed 29 Mar 2021 (-1912d)

£825,000

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Property details

Tenure

FREEHOLD

Floor area

229 m²

EPC rating

D

Year built

England and Wales: 1983-1990

Last sold

£840,000 Jun 2021

Price per m²

£3,603/m²

Local average

£510,311 (+61.7%)

Street crime

4 incidents within 1 mile (Apr 2026)

Key features

  • Individually built detached family home
  • Sitting room with open fireplace
  • Dining room & kitchen/breakfast room
  • Conservatory, cloakroom & utility
  • Five bedrooms, dressing room & en-suite bathroom
  • Double garage & ample parking
  • Delightful gardens of over half an acre
  • Lapsed consent for single dwelling

Additional details

Parking
Yes
Garden
Yes

Description

A fine and individually constructed, in the 1980’s, detached family home enjoying established and well tended gardens surrounding the property of just over half an acre with a rural aspect and development potential.

Location - The village of Pitsford is situated approximately 5 miles north of Northampton. The village is well placed for communications with easy access to the A43 and A508 convenient access to both the M1 and A14 (A1/M1 link). Train services are available from Northampton to London Euston together with services from Wellingborough station into London St Pancras. The village is surrounded by attractive countryside and Pitsford Water offers water sports, fishing and country walks it also has a church, public house and primary school and is home to the independent Northamptonshire Grammar School.. Other leisure facilities in the area include golf at Church Brampton and Harlestone.

Accommodation -

Ground Floor - The accommodation is approached via a hardwood door into the reception hall with stairs that rise to the first floor accommodation, doors to all principal rooms, cloakroom with WC and wash hand basin with fitted cupboards to one wall and a further store/boot room with fitted cupboards. The sitting room’s main feature is the open fireplace and French doors into the conservatory which is of Upvc construction overlooking the deep front garden. Double doors give access to the dining room which has fitted book shelving to one wall. The kitchen/breakfast room is fitted with a range of light oak facing cabinets, ample working surfaces incorporating a sink unit, plumbing for dishwasher, space for range style cooker and a door to the rear garden. The utility room also has selection of cupboards, working surfaces incorporating a sink unit, plumbing for a washing machine, space for dryer, floor standing electric boiler and a door into the garage.

First Floor - There is a walk-in airing/laundry room with hot water cylinder and ample shelving. The master bedroom has an en-suite bathroom and dressing room with ample fitted wardrobes, access from the landing or dressing room to bedroom four which has a walk-in store room. There are two further double bedrooms both with wardrobe recess’s and bedroom five/study which has sliding doors with a Juliette balcony enjoying a rural aspect. There is also a family bathroom with shower cubicle, bath, vanity unit wash basin and WC.

Outside - Highfield is located on the outskirts of the village within a short distance of Pitsford Water, the approach is through a five bar gate onto a gravelled driveway providing ample parking for several vehicles, mainly lawned gardens with deep and planted borders. Delightful gardens of over half an acre, surround the property and has the potential to extend the current accommodation or to build a separate dwelling, subject to consent, with outline approval which has now lapsed, granted in 2000 and subsequently renewed in 2003 (DA/2003/1148). There are various established trees and shrubs, a kitchen garden, paved patio, greenhouse , gardens sheds and hedgerows backing onto pasture land.

Double Garage - With up and over doors and unique spiral wine cellar.

Floorplan - Howkins & Harrison provide these plans for reference only - they are not to scale.

Viewing - Strictly by prior appointment via the agents. .

Fixtures And Fittings - Only those items in the nature of fixtures and fittings mentioned in these particulars are included in the sale. Other items are specifically excluded. None of the appliances have been tested by the agents and they are not certified or warranted in any way.

Services - None of the available services have been tested and purchasers should note that it is their specific responsibility to make their own enquiries of the appropriate authorities as to the location, adequacy and availability of mains water, electricity and drainage services. There is NO GAS to the house, ALL ELECTRIC.

Local Authority - Daventry District Council Tel:01327-871100.

Council Tax - Band - G.

Important Notice - Every care has been taken with the preparation of these Sales Particulars, but complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. In all cases, buyers should verify matters for themselves. Where property alterations have been undertaken buyers should check that relevant permissions have been obtained. If there is any point, which is of particular importance let us know and we will verify it for you. These Particulars do not constitute a contract or part of a contract. All measurements are approximate. The Fixtures, Fittings, Services & Appliances have not been tested and therefore no guarantee can be given that they are in working order. Photographs are provided for general information and it cannot be inferred that any item shown is included in the sale. Plans are provided for general guidance and are not to scale.

Listed by

Northampton

Howkins & Harrison LLP

Reference: 104713034

EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

Current rating: D

Potential rating: C

Inspection date: 25/03/2021

Expiry date: 24/03/2031

Current heating cost: £2,462/year

Potential heating cost: £2,116/year

Est. upgrade cost to C: £15,770

Recommendations

  • Increase loft insulation to 270 mm (£100 - £350)
  • Floor insulation (suspended floor) (£800 - £1,200)
  • Floor insulation (solid floor) (£4,000 - £6,000)
  • Low energy lighting for all fixed outlets (£45)
  • Solar water heating (£4,000 - £6,000)
  • Solar photovoltaic panels, 2.5 kWp (£3,500 - £5,500)

View full EPC on gov.uk

Flood risk

Zone: 1

Risk: Low

Job (default Low)

Floorplans

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EPC Graphs

EE Rating

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Price history

Event Date Price % change
Sold 28/06/2021 (4 years ago) £840,000

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Crown copyright.

Sold Comparables

Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Data from Land Registry Price Paid.

Address Price Date Type
34 MANOR ROAD, PITSFORD, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN6 9AR £380,000 28/01/2025 Detached
Same street PITSFORD HALL THE DOWER HOUSE MOULTON ROAD, PITSFORD, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN6 9AU £880,000 11/10/2024 Semi-detached
Same street MERRY MARSHES MOULTON ROAD, PITSFORD, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN6 9AU £770,000 09/08/2024 Detached
11 BROADLANDS, PITSFORD, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN6 9AZ £450,000 04/09/2023 Detached
2 THE GREEN, PITSFORD, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN6 9AU £435,000 31/05/2023 Detached
AMBERGATE GRANGE LANE, PITSFORD, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN6 9AL £760,000 15/05/2023 Detached
THE OLD CHAPEL MANOR ROAD, PITSFORD, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN6 9AR £270,000 09/12/2022 Detached
Same street THE RIDINGS MOULTON ROAD, PITSFORD, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN6 9AU £640,000 08/09/2022 Detached
27 MANOR ROAD, PITSFORD, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN6 9AR £525,750 15/07/2022 Detached
THE COTTAGE GLEBE LANE, PITSFORD, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN6 9AH £390,000 17/03/2022 Detached
3 HIGH STREET, PITSFORD, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN6 9AD £605,000 10/03/2022 Detached
10 BROADLANDS, PITSFORD, NORTHAMPTON, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NN6 9AZ £480,000 30/09/2021 Detached

Street average: £763,333 (3 sales)

Area average: £477,306 (9 sales)

Capital growth trend

Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).

5y growth -1%
10y growth 37%

House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): West Northamptonshire. Series: Detached. As of March 2026.

1y (index) 2.2%
5y (index) 17.1%
10y (index) 38.3%

Rental Range

Estimated market rent for West Northamptonshire. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.

Low £964/mo
Realistic £1,071/mo
Optimistic £1,178/mo

Based on Local Authority from postcode lookup → West Northamptonshire.

LHA (30th percentile) floor for Northampton: £1,157/mo (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026)

Location

Address

Drummond Close

Nearby

Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).

Type Name Distance
Bus stop Hill Farm (opp) 0.9 miles
Bus stop Hill Farm (adj) 0.9 miles
Shop Rutland Cycling 1.0 miles
Train station Pitsford and Brampton 1.6 miles
Shop Paul Martin Hairdressing 1.6 miles
Train station Boughton 2.0 miles
Hospital Manfield Health Campus 3.0 miles
Hospital Broomhill 3.1 miles
University University of Northampton St Georges Avenue 3.7 miles
University University of Northampton - School of Podiatry 4.8 miles

Street-level crime

Category Count
Other theft 4
Total incidents 4

Within 1 mile during Apr 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).

Schools nearby

Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.

Name Type Distance Ofsted
Pitsford Primary School Primary 0.0 miles Good — 15 Jun 2023
Pitsford School Other 0.2 miles (No rating)
Boughton Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Good — 8 Nov 2012
Brixworth CofE VC Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Good — 14 May 2023
Moulton College Other 1.8 miles (No rating)

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Rent-driven metrics

Based on Area rent estimate.

Rent ratio 0.13%
Max investor price (0.8%) £133,875
Target investor price (1%) £107,100
  • Rent ratio — Monthly rent ÷ purchase price (1% rule). 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak for cashflow.
  • Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
  • Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
  • Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).