Plough Barn, Birdsedge Lane, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, HD8 8XR
About Plough Barn
Plough Barn is a detached house in Birdsedge, Huddersfield, Huddersfield (HD8 8XR). It has a recorded floor area of 353 m² (around 3800 sq ft). The latest certificate (October 2017) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average.
Today's modelled estimate of £1,051,000 is 28.7% below the 2021 sale of £1,475,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£388/sq ft) was about 77.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 353 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold May 2021 for £1,475,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Plough Barn's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
4 applications on record at Plough Barn, Birdsedge Lane, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, HD8 8XR
- Dec 2009ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Re-use adaptation and extensions to barn to form 1 dwelling. Erection of detached garage and stable block, use of land as exercise area.
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 2009/92541
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionOct 2025Decision
- PorchOct 2023Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Plough Barn was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,051,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,475,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 May 2021Most recent
£1,475,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HD8 8XR: £130,000 (2025–2015).
Nearby sales in HD8 8XR
1 Birdsedge Lane, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, HD8 8XR
Sold Sept 2025
£120,0009 Birdsedge Lane, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, HD8 8XR
Sold Aug 2024
£130,00015 Birdsedge Lane, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, HD8 8XR
Sold Feb 2023
£450,000The Mistal, Birdsedge Lane, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, HD8 8XR
Sold Oct 2015
£330,000The Granary, Birdsedge Lane, Birdsedge, Huddersfield, HD8 8XR
Sold Mar 2015
£280,000
Versus other Birdsedge Lane homes
Price per m² for Plough Barn runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,178
Street avg £2,390
Floor Area
353 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Birdsedge Village Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Birdsedge First School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB







