Lees House Farm, Whitewell Road, Cow Ark, Clitheroe, BB7 3DG

Lees House Farm is a four-bedroom detached house in Cow Ark, Clitheroe, Clitheroe (BB7 3DG). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1765 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. Tenure is freehold. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

It hasn't traded since March 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 164 m² it sits well below the postcode median (248 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2002–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 22.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £806,000 is 29% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£354/sq ft) was about 27% above the typical sold price in the postcode.