Railway Cottage, Grange Lane, Dacre Banks, Harrogate, HG3 4EF
About Railway Cottage
Railway Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Dacre Banks, Harrogate, Harrogate (HG3 4EF). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 165 m² it's 26.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (130 m² median across 4 EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 16.5% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £485,000 in December 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Railway Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Railway Cottage has an approved side extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at Railway Cottage, Grange Lane, Dacre Banks, Harrogate, HG3 4EF
- Sept 2008ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side of property
Erection of extension to west elevation.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/03799/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£528,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£485,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 December 2022Most recent
£485,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in HG3 4EF: £425,000 (2024–2006).
Versus other Grange Lane homes
On price per m², Railway Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,939
Street avg £4,069
Floor Area
165 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 6.4 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
0.1 km
Medical Centre — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Summerbridge Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB







