Osbaldeston Hall, Osbaldeston Lane, Osbaldeston, Blackburn, BB2 7LZ

Osbaldeston Hall is a six-bedroom detached house in Osbaldeston, Blackburn, Blackburn (BB2 7LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 634 m² (around 6824 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (August 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 634 m² the property is well over the postcode median (370 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an annexe and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.