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Get started5 Church Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Sealand, Chester, Chester (CH1 6BR). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (145 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
5 Church Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey rear extension at 5 Church Cottages.
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Erection of two storey and single storey extension to rear of dwelling
5 Church Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£258,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
On epc rating, 5 Church Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
33 (F)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 139 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Deeside Lane — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
40.0dB

Median price across the last 5 sales in CH1 6BR: £380,000 (2025–2015).
White Gable Cottage Old Sealand Road Sealand Chester
Sold Mar 2025
Hendee Old Sealand Road Sealand Chester
Sold Oct 2021
3 Church Cottages Old Sealand Road Sealand Chester
Sold Jan 2018
Oak Tree Cottage Old Sealand Road Sealand Chester
Sold Nov 2016
Birch House Old Sealand Road Sealand Chester
Sold Sept 2015
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CH1 6NE
Closest school
1.5 km
Saughall All Saints Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.0dB