2 Birch Cottages, Edge Lane, Thornton, Liverpool, L23 1TS
About 2 Birch Cottages
2 Birch Cottages is a semi-detached house in Thornton, Liverpool, Liverpool (L23 1TS). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 84 m² it sits well below the postcode median (153 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Energy performance
2 Birch Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Mar 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 Birch Cottages has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
2 Birch Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£211,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in L23 1TS: £200,000 (2020–2006).
Nearby sales in L23 1TS
Edge Farm, Edge Lane, Thornton, Liverpool, L23 1TS
Sold Aug 2020
£625,0001 New Cottages, Edge Lane, Thornton, Liverpool, L23 1TS
Sold Jun 2017
£215,0002 New Cottages, Edge Lane, Thornton, Liverpool, L23 1TS
Sold Apr 2014
£122,0001 Birch Cottages, Edge Lane, Thornton, Liverpool, L23 1TS
Sold Aug 2006
£60,000
Versus other Edge Lane homes
On epc rating, 2 Birch Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
55 (D)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 177 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 8.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Tanhouse Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St William of York Catholic Primary School. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB







