1 Mill Cottages, Chapel Lane, Galgate, Lancaster, LA2 0PR
About 1 Mill Cottages
1 Mill Cottages is a semi-detached house in Galgate, Lancaster, Lancaster (LA2 0PR). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 110), a 3-band jump.
At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (113 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £170,000 is 25.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£179/sq ft) was about 21.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £135,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
1 Mill Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Mill Cottages has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£170,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.0% per year over 18 years.
£135,000
Growth on file: 3.0% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
6 April 2021Most recent
£135,000
+19.5%over 2 years18 December 2018
£113,000
+41.3%over 15 years18 September 2003
£80,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA2 0PR: £87,500 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in LA2 0PR
Galgate Mill, Unit 2a, Chapel Lane, Galgate, Lancaster, LA2 0PR
Sold Mar 2024
£45,0006 Ellel Court, Chapel Lane, Galgate, Lancaster, LA2 0PR
Sold Nov 2021
£185,000Calgate Mill, Unit 1d, Chapel Lane, Galgate, Lancaster, LA2 0PR
Sold Oct 2021
£600,000Galgate Mill, Unit 40, Chapel Lane, Galgate, Lancaster, LA2 0PR
Sold Jul 2021
£87,5008 Ellel Court, Chapel Lane, Galgate, Lancaster, LA2 0PR
Sold May 2021
£160,000
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Versus other Chapel Lane homes
On epc rating, 1 Mill Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,929
Street avg £1,558
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 2.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Police Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Ellel St John the Evangelist Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
58.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
49.8dB