4 Elms Farm Barn, Bretton Lane, Bretton, Chester, CH4 0DX
About 4 Elms Farm Barn
4 Elms Farm Barn is an end-of-terrace house in Bretton, Chester, Chester (CH4 0DX). It has a recorded floor area of 190 m² (around 2045 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900. The latest certificate (January 2022) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average.
At 190 m² the property is well over the postcode median (124 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2024. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £517,000 is 14.9% above the 2022 sale price. Last sale on file: £450,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Planning history
1 application on record at 4 Elms Farm Barn, Bretton Lane, Bretton, Chester, CH4 0DX
- Feb 2024RenovationFullOutcome in report
Removal and replacement of existing wooden windows and doors/bi-folds to match the three windows already replaced, to black aluminium.
New Windows- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- FUL/000923/23
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£517,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£450,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 March 2022Most recent
£450,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH4 0DX: £446,500 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CH4 0DX
Appleby, Bretton Lane, Bretton, Chester, CH4 0DX
Sold Mar 2025
£311,250The Cottage, Bretton Lane, Bretton, Chester, CH4 0DX
Sold Nov 2024
£470,000Ash Cottage, Bretton Lane, Bretton, Chester, CH4 0DX
Sold Jul 2024
£446,5002 Elms Farm Barn, Bretton Lane, Bretton, Chester, CH4 0DX
Sold Mar 2024
£625,000Catchpenny Cottage, Bretton Lane, Bretton, Chester, CH4 0DX
Sold Dec 2022
£250,000
Versus other Bretton Lane homes
4 Elms Farm Barn outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,368
Street avg £2,427
Floor Area
190 m²
Street avg 153 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 7 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Old Mill House — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
Dodleston CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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