Gorse Lea, Abbott Brow, Mellor, Blackburn, BB2 7HT
About Gorse Lea
Gorse Lea is an end-of-terrace house in Mellor, Blackburn, Blackburn (BB2 7HT). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 2-band jump.
At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Energy performance
Gorse Lea's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Because the property was built before 1919 and has been extended more than once, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at Gorse Lea.
3 applications on record at Gorse Lea, Abbott Brow, Mellor, Blackburn, BB2 7HT
- Feb 1994ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION
- Reference
- 10403
- More recent applications — locked
- ConservatoryOct 2004Decision
- OutbuildingJul 1997Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Gorse Lea has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£383,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in BB2 7HT: £382,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in BB2 7HT
Abbott House Farm, Abbott Brow, Mellor, Blackburn, BB2 7HT
Sold Oct 2025
£718,52829 Abbott Brow, Mellor, Blackburn, BB2 7HT
Sold Feb 2024
£220,000Lynton, Abbott Brow, Mellor, Blackburn, BB2 7HT
Sold Aug 2023
£120,000Lower Abbott Bungalow, Abbott Brow, Mellor, Blackburn, BB2 7HT
Sold Jun 2023
£382,0007 Abbott Brow, Mellor, Blackburn, BB2 7HT
Sold Mar 2021
£425,000
Versus other Abbott Brow homes
Habitable Rooms for Gorse Lea runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
63 (D)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 123 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Traders Arms — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Osbaldeston. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB