Rose Cottage, Winnington Old Lane, Northwich, CW8 4ED

Rose Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Northwich (CW8 4ED). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

At 79 m² it's 19.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (99 m² median across 22 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. A recent sale: £240,000 in October 2025. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2009–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£282/sq ft) was about 65.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.