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Get startedHigh Blackton Cottage is a semi-detached house in Eggleston, Barnard Castle, Barnard Castle (DL12 0AY). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel.
At 99 m² it's 26.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (134 m² median across 4 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
High Blackton Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
High Blackton Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£172,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
EPC Rating for High Blackton Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
32 (F)
Street avg 37 (F)
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 134 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.8 t/year
Street avg 10.8 t/year
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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.2dB

Median price across the last 4 sales in DL12 0AY: £181,000 (2023–1998).
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
DL12 0TA
Blackton Cottage — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB