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About Heather Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Heather Cottage is a detached house in Eggleston, Barnard Castle, Barnard Castle (DL12 0AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £216,000 is 23.4% above the 2023 sale price. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. At 74 m² it's 21.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 3 EPCs). Last sale on file: £175,000 in December 2023.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Heather Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
G18
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
11.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Heather Cottage, Middleton Road, Eggleston, Barnard Castle, DL12 0AQ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history at Heather Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Jan 2024Tree WorksTreesRaise No Objection
Crown reduction up to 1.5m to TA. Apple, Remove minor deadwood from the crown to TB. Weeping Silver Birch, Fell TC. Cherry, Fell TD. Goat Willow, Fell TE. Poplar, Fell TF. Multi stemmed coppice poplar
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£216,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.7% per year over 24 years.
Last sold (2023)
£175,000
Growth on file: 3.7% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Middleton Road homes
Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Heather Cottage is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£2,365
Street avg £3,016
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Barnard Castle district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around DL12 0AQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 15 points of interest in total.
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