4 Etherley Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QR
About 4 Etherley Lane
4 Etherley Lane is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishop Auckland (DL14 7QR). It has a recorded floor area of 280 m² (around 3014 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Period features are noted in the property record.
At 280 m² the property is well over the postcode median (140 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£123/sq ft) was about 82.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £370,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- ParkingOff street
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
4 Etherley Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
2m crown reduction to road/south-east facing side only and 10% crown thinning of 1no. Maple tree
- Agent
- Olivers Tree Services Ltd
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/20/02307/TPO
- Sept 2007Tree WorksTreesIn report
25% crown reduction and pruning works
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 3/TPO/2007/0019
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£403,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.2% per year over 16 years.
£370,000
Growth on file: 2.2% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
30 June 2021Most recent
£370,000
+51.0%over 3 years30 August 2017
£245,000
-6.7%over 12 years9 June 2005
£262,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in DL14 7QR: £170,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in DL14 7QR
22 Etherley Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QR
Sold Mar 2025
£172,5008 Etherley Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QR
Sold Nov 2022
£180,00011 Etherley Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QR
Sold Sept 2022
£170,00015 Etherley Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QR
Sold Aug 2020
£95,0007 Etherley Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7QR
Sold Jun 2020
£245,000
Everything we know about 4 Etherley Lane, 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 Etherley Lane homes
CO₂ Emissions for 4 Etherley Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,321
Street avg £926
Floor Area
280 m²
Street avg 170 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
21.0 t/year
Street avg 9.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Princes Street top — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Etherley Lane Primary School. 13 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB