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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Mar 2024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
Certificate validity
Expired on 11 March 2024
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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.
£227,000
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
132/mo
Falling 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







