Bressay Cottage, Wreaks Road, Birstwith, Harrogate, HG3 2NN
About Bressay Cottage
Bressay Cottage is a detached house in Birstwith, Harrogate, Harrogate (HG3 2NN). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 113), a 4-band jump.
Most recent transfer was February 2025 at £160,000 — fresh data. At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (114 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £238,000 is 48.8% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£265/sq ft) was about 74.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Level 3 Building Survey
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Planning history
Bressay Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
5 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
£238,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£160,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 February 2025Most recent
£160,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HG3 2NN: £185,000 (2015–2006).
Nearby sales in HG3 2NN
2 Wreaks Cottages, Wreaks Road, Birstwith, Harrogate, HG3 2NN
Sold Dec 2015
£160,000Riverdale, Wreaks Road, Birstwith, Harrogate, HG3 2NN
Sold Apr 2015
£680,000Cobbler Cottage, Wreaks Road, Birstwith, Harrogate, HG3 2NN
Sold Jul 2010
£185,000Bressay Court, Wreaks Road, Birstwith, Harrogate, HG3 2NN
Sold Oct 2009
£565,000Riverside Cottage, Wreaks Road, Birstwith, Harrogate, HG3 2NN
Sold Dec 2002
£400,000
Versus other Wreaks Road homes
Years Held for Bressay Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,857
Street avg £2,176
Floor Area
56 m²
Street avg 133 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 6.8 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Broomfield — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Birstwith Church of England Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB