Hawthorn Cottage, Broomhill Lane, Great Barrow, Chester, CH3 7LB
About Hawthorn Cottage
Hawthorn Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Great Barrow, Chester, Chester (CH3 7LB). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2007–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £503,000 is 27.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£243/sq ft) was about 41.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 years since the last transfer (September 2017). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2009.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Utility roomYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
Hawthorn Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Jan 2024
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 17 January 2024
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Level 3 Building Survey
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Planning history
1 application on record at Hawthorn Cottage, Broomhill Lane, Great Barrow, Chester, CH3 7LB
- Sept 2009AmendmentOutcome in report
Replacement Garage
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 09/11177/LDC
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Sales history & valuation
Hawthorn Cottage's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£503,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.3% per year over 10 years.
£395,000
Growth on file: 1.3% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
27 September 2017Most recent
£395,000
+3.3%over 2 years5 December 2014
£382,500
+10.5%over 7 years19 June 2007
£346,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH3 7LB: £185,657 (2024–2010).
Nearby sales in CH3 7LB
9 Broomhill Lane, Great Barrow, Chester, CH3 7LB
Sold Dec 2024
£310,00013 Broomhill Lane, Great Barrow, Chester, CH3 7LB
Sold Mar 2021
£325,0001 Broomhill Lane, Great Barrow, Chester, CH3 7LB
Sold Jun 2010
£170,000Smithy Cottage, Broomhill Lane, Great Barrow, Chester, CH3 7LB
Sold Jul 2006
£492,500Broomhill, Broomhill Lane, Great Barrow, Chester, CH3 7LB
Sold Mar 2005
£395,000
Versus other Broomhill Lane homes
EPC Rating for Hawthorn Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,616
Street avg £2,579
Floor Area
151 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
94/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Letter Box — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Barrow CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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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
47.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB







