Springbank House, Whitewell Road, Cow Ark, Clitheroe, BB7 3DG

Springbank House is a detached house in Cow Ark, Clitheroe, Clitheroe (BB7 3DG). It has a recorded floor area of 276 m² (around 2971 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (October 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2014. Between certificates, main heating went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2008 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 276 m² it's 21.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (227 m² median across 10 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £881,000 is 25.9% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£236/sq ft) was about 15.5% below the postcode norm.