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Get started8 St Johns Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Read, Burnley, Burnley (BB12 7RL). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).
Sale prices here have outpaced Burnley HPI: 3.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£291/sq ft) was about 67.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold December 2024 for £438,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs).
Rear elevation: modify roof to include a full dormer with a flat roof. Modify existing window openings to provide patio door sets. Front elevation: modify existing flat roofed dormer with a pitched roof. Install one additional pitch roofed dormer. Remove existing chimney stack. Alterations to internal space.
Latest sale on 8 St Johns Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£459,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 19 years.
£438,000
Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 19 years.
Floor Area for 8 St Johns Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,129
Street avg £2,461
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Straits Lane — bus stop.
6 December 2024Most recent
£438,000
+83.3%over 19 years11 November 2005
£239,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BB12 7RL: £270,000 (2025–2013).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 7.3 t/year
BB12 7QE
Closest school
0.2 km
Read St John's CofE Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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