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Get startedAbbey Farm is a detached house in Barnard Castle (DL12 9TN). It has a recorded floor area of 170 m² (around 1830 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since September 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 170 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
Abbey Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Abbey Farm has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£528,000
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 Abbey Farm runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 38 (F)
Floor Area
170 m²
Street avg 90 m²
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 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
0.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Roof insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
More low energy lighting installed
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Street avg 7.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
DL12 9RH
Bridge — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle. 4 schools nearby.
Flood risk
Medium
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB