2 Manor House Flats, Ribchester Road, Wilpshire, Blackburn, BB1 9HU

2 Manor House Flats is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Wilpshire, Blackburn, Blackburn (BB1 9HU). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (July 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 64), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 106 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 89–132 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (30 versus a best of 81).

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in June 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 106 m² it's 21.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (135 m² median across 23 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £127,000 sits 353.6% above the 1996 sale of £28,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£25/sq ft) was about 86.3% below the postcode norm.