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Get started1 Fitzhugh Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Cotherstone, Barnard Castle, Barnard Castle (DL12 9QU). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £132,000 is 46.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£155/sq ft) was about 30.6% below the postcode norm. At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (152 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £90,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
1 Fitzhugh Court sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
1 Fitzhugh Court has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£132,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 20 years.
£90,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 20 years.
On floor area, 1 Fitzhugh Court runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,667
Street avg £2,400
Floor Area
54 m²
Street avg 125 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
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13 May 2022Most recent
£90,000
-3.7%over 12 years26 June 2009
£93,500
+130.3%over 6 years30 August 2002
£40,600
Median price across the last 5 sales in DL12 9QU: £370,000 (2024–2021).
17 Fitzhugh Court Cotherstone Barnard Castle
Sold Sept 2024
14 Fitzhugh Court Cotherstone Barnard Castle
Sold Mar 2024
19 Fitzhugh Court Cotherstone Barnard Castle
Sold Apr 2022
18 Fitzhugh Court Cotherstone Barnard Castle
Sold Nov 2021
12 Fitzhugh Court Cotherstone Barnard Castle
Sold Sept 2021
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
DL12 9PX
The Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Cotherstone Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB
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