Elder Cottage, Main Street, Ellerker, Brough, HU15 2DH
About Elder Cottage
Elder Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Ellerker, Brough, Brough (HU15 2DH). It has a recorded floor area of 185 m² (around 1991 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
At 185 m² the property is well over the postcode median (132 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2001–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£309/sq ft) was about 63.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £615,000 in October 2020. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2026.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenWest-facing
- GarageYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Energy performance
Elder Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2026Tree WorksTreesIn report
ELLERKER CONSERVATION AREA - Crown reduce 1 no. Maple tree by 3 metres in height to will prevent the tree outgrowing the garden and concerns that a phone line running close to the tree could be damaged by the branches
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 26/00526/TCA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Elder Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2001.
£661,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.4% per year over 20 years.
£615,000
Growth on file: 8.4% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
5 October 2020Most recent
£615,000
+382.4%over 19 years16 March 2001
£127,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in HU15 2DH: £418,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in HU15 2DH
Brookside, Main Street, Ellerker, Brough, HU15 2DH
Sold Jan 2025
£418,000Rose Cottage, Main Street, Ellerker, Brough, HU15 2DH
Sold Dec 2023
£300,000Manor Garth, Main Street, Ellerker, Brough, HU15 2DH
Sold Jun 2022
£780,000Elmsall House, Main Street, Ellerker, Brough, HU15 2DH
Sold Mar 2021
£621,000Croft Cottage, Main Street, Ellerker, Brough, HU15 2DH
Sold Nov 2020
£295,000
Everything we know about Elder Cottage, 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 Main Street homes
Elder Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,324
Street avg £2,382
Floor Area
185 m²
Street avg 176 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.9 t/year
Street avg 11.4 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Ellerker Ings Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
South Cave Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 2 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
47.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB