23 Fountain Street, Birkenhead, CH42 7JD
About 23 Fountain Street
23 Fountain Street is a semi-detached house in Birkenhead (CH42 7JD). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.
At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold April 2021 for £125,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £164,000 is 31.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£83/sq ft) was about 35% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Energy performance
23 Fountain Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
23 Fountain Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
23 Fountain Street has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2003.
£164,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 18 years.
£125,000
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
18 April 2021Most recent
£125,000
-3.8%over 9 years20 October 2011
£130,000
+136.4%over 1 year10 August 2010
£55,000
+1.9%over 6 years16 March 2004
£54,000
+8.1%over 1 year21 February 2003
£49,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in CH42 7JD: £125,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CH42 7JD
5 Fountain Street, Birkenhead, CH42 7JD
Sold Jun 2025
£100,00075 Fountain Street, Birkenhead, CH42 7JD
Sold Jun 2025
£125,00063 Fountain Street, Birkenhead, CH42 7JD
Sold May 2025
£135,00079 Fountain Street, Birkenhead, CH42 7JD
Sold Feb 2025
£123,00015 Fountain Street, Birkenhead, CH42 7JD
Sold Dec 2022
£168,000
Versus other Fountain Street homes
On co₂ emissions, 23 Fountain Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£893
Street avg £950
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
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Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
St Catherine's Gardens — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Woodchurch Road Academy. 34 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.5dB