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Get startedHigh Lea Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Simonstone, Burnley, Burnley (BB12 7QU). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£324/sq ft) was about 61.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2024 for £450,000.
High Lea Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
High Lea Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£463,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£450,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
High Lea Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,488
Street avg £2,167
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Stork Hotel — bus stop.
15 May 2024Most recent
£450,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BB12 7QU: £287,800 (2025–2018).
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Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.8 t/year
Street avg 7.1 t/year
BB12 7HS
Closest school
0.8 km
Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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