Ash Cottage, The Fold, Lothersdale, Keighley, BD20 8HD
About Ash Cottage
Ash Cottage is a semi-detached house in Lothersdale, Keighley, Keighley (BD20 8HD). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 78 m² it sits well below the postcode median (128 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £357,000 is 13.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 77.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £315,000 in November 2020.
Energy performance
Ash Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history at Ash Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
2 applications on record at Ash Cottage, The Fold, Lothersdale, Keighley, BD20 8HD
- Feb 2008Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Remove 1 no Ash.
- Council
- SCA
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 53/2008/8340
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksFeb 2008Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£357,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£315,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 November 2020Most recent
£315,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BD20 8HD: £286,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in BD20 8HD
North Barn 1, The Fold, Lothersdale, Keighley, BD20 8HD
Sold Feb 2025
£286,0002 The Fold, Lothersdale, Keighley, BD20 8HD
Sold Jun 2023
£175,000Croft Cottage, The Fold, Lothersdale, Keighley, BD20 8HD
Sold May 2023
£410,0007 The Fold, Lothersdale, Keighley, BD20 8HD
Sold Dec 2022
£163,000Calf Wood House, The Fold, Lothersdale, Keighley, BD20 8HD
Sold Sept 2022
£845,000
Versus other The Fold homes
Ash Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,038
Street avg £2,909
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 118 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
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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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.3 km
Lothersdale Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB







