Whittakers Cottage, Barley New Road, Barley, Burnley, BB12 9LF

Whittakers Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Barley, Burnley, Burnley (BB12 9LF). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in June 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £437,000 is 22.6% above the 2021 sale price. Sold October 2021 for £356,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.