Post Office Cottage, Abbeystead, Lancaster, LA2 9BQ
About Post Office Cottage
Post Office Cottage is a semi-detached house in Abbeystead, Lancaster, Lancaster (LA2 9BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 101), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on biomass.
One historical planning record sits against the property in 2009. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Post Office Cottage's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Post Office Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Apr 2009RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed building application for various internal and external alterations
Listed- Reference
- 09/00148/LB
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Sales history & valuation
Post Office Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£298,000
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.
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- Larger development activity nearby
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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
0.0 km
Cawthornes Endowed School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.0 km
Cawthorne's Endowed School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB