1 Post Office Street, Witton Le Wear, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0AW
About 1 Post Office Street
1 Post Office Street is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Witton Le Wear, Bishop Auckland, Bishop Auckland (DL14 0AW). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 117 m² it's 25.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (93 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£304/sq ft) was about 139.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £383,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDetached
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
1 Post Office Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at 1 Post Office Street.
- Feb 2013ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/2012/0483
- Mar 2008OutbuildingFullIn report
Detached single garage with office accommodation above
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/2007/0843
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Post Office Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£371,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 19 years.
£383,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
11 September 2022Most recent
£383,000
+63.0%over 18 years11 August 2004
£235,000
+186.6%over 1 year17 June 2003
£82,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DL14 0AW: £166,000 (2025–2014).
Everything we know about 1 Post Office Street, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Post Office Street homes
On price per m², 1 Post Office Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,274
Street avg £1,513
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Post Office — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Witton-le-Wear Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB