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Get startedBowes Lyons House is a semi-detached house in Barnard Castle (DL12 8YB). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (July 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. At 42 m² this is the 21st smallest of 29 units on EPC record in Bowes Lyons House, where floor areas span 22–119 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 29 units on file.
At 42 m² the property is well over the postcode median (22 m² across 28 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
Bowes Lyons House has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£113,000
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.
Habitable Rooms for Bowes Lyons House runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
64 (D)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
42 m²
Street avg 32 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
Window efficiency improved
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Street avg 2.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
DL12 8YB
Crook Lane - Bowes Museum — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB