Croft Cottage, The Fold, Lothersdale, Keighley, BD20 8HD
About Croft Cottage
Croft Cottage is a semi-detached house in Lothersdale, Keighley, Keighley (BD20 8HD). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2024) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in January 2024 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 80 m² it sits well below the postcode median (128 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 1995–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£476/sq ft) was about 124.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £410,000 in May 2023.
Energy performance
Croft Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
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Planning history
Croft Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1995.
£400,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 28 years.
£410,000
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 28 years.
Sales timeline
11 May 2023Most recent
£410,000
+5.1%over 4 years11 July 2018
£390,000
+50.0%over 2 years30 October 2015
£260,000
+137.4%over 20 years4 May 1995
£109,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BD20 8HD: £286,000 (2025–2021).
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
£175,0007 The Fold, Lothersdale, Keighley, BD20 8HD
Sold Dec 2022
£163,000Calf Wood House, The Fold, Lothersdale, Keighley, BD20 8HD
Sold Sept 2022
£845,000The Croft, The Fold, Lothersdale, Keighley, BD20 8HD
Sold Dec 2021
£649,000
Versus other The Fold homes
Croft Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,125
Street avg £2,789
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 118 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 7.9 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







