2 Smithy Cottages, Mill Lane, Gisburn, Clitheroe, BB7 4LN
About 2 Smithy Cottages
2 Smithy Cottages is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Gisburn, Clitheroe, Clitheroe (BB7 4LN). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£280/sq ft) was about 30.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £286,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff road
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
2 Smithy Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey rear extension at 2 Smithy Cottages.
- Apr 2005ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Two storey and single storey kitchen extension.
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 262
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£314,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£286,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 May 2022Most recent
£286,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BB7 4LN: £415,000 (2021–1999).
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- Larger development activity nearby
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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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Post Office — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Gisburn Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.3dB