Tall Cottage, Main Road, Thurnham, Lancaster, LA2 0DP

Tall Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Thurnham, Lancaster, Lancaster (LA2 0DP). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 127 m² it sits well below the postcode median (205 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £479,000 is 19.8% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£293/sq ft) was about 56.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2020 for £400,000.