Boughton Hall, Apartment 7, Filkins Lane, Chester, CH3 5BG
About Boughton Hall
Boughton Hall is an end-of-terrace house in Chester (CH3 5BG). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band F. At 105 m² this is the 76th smallest of 80 units on EPC record in Boughton Hall, where floor areas span 47–162 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (53 versus a best of 84). The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 105 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 79 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£482/sq ft) was about 15.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £545,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Boughton Hall sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 2 June 2030
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
Boughton Hall has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
2 applications on record at Boughton Hall, Apartment 7, Filkins Lane, Chester, CH3 5BG
- Jun 2014RenovationHeritageOutcome in report
Install secondary glazing
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- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/00699/LBC
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsJul 2014Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Boughton Hall was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£552,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 10 years.
£545,000
Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
26 March 2021Most recent
£545,000
+27.5%over 6 years7 November 2014
£427,500
+8.2%over 3 years29 June 2011
£395,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH3 5BG: £375,000 (2025–2025).
Nearby sales in CH3 5BG
Boughton Hall, Apartment 9, Filkins Lane, Chester, CH3 5BG
Sold Dec 2025
£425,000Boughton Hall, Apartment 35, Filkins Lane, Chester, CH3 5BG
Sold Dec 2025
£285,000Boughton Hall, Apartment 1, Filkins Lane, Chester, CH3 5BG
Sold Nov 2025
£340,000Boughton Hall, Apartment 4, Filkins Lane, Chester, CH3 5BG
Sold Sept 2025
£445,000Boughton Hall, Apartment 5, Filkins Lane, Chester, CH3 5BG
Sold Jun 2025
£375,000
Versus other Filkins Lane homes
On epc rating, Boughton Hall runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,190
Street avg £4,665
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 2.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
94/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Peacock — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Cherry Grove Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.0dB

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