High Barn Cottage, Pinfold Lane, Swaby, Alford, LN13 0BB
About High Barn Cottage
High Barn Cottage is a detached house in Swaby, Alford, Alford (LN13 0BB). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a C (score 70). The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 154 m² it's 20.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (128 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
High Barn Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
High Barn Cottage has an approved side extension on the planning record.
- Jan 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side of property
Planning Permission - Side extension to an existing dwelling to provide a bathroom, a bedroom and additional living area.
- Agent
- G F Design Services,
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- N/173/02076/19
- Nov 2019ExtensionOutlineIn report
Environmental Impact Assessment (E.E.C. Directive 85/337/E.E.C. as amended by Council Directive 97/11E.C.) for a screening opinion with respect to an extension to the existing dwelling.
- Agent
- G F Design Services,
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- N/173/02093/19
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
High Barn Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£383,000
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 3 sales in LN13 0BB: £152,000 (2009–1996).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Pinfold Lane homes
EPC Rating for High Barn Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
70 (C)
Street avg 47 (E)
Floor Area
154 m²
Street avg 128 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 8.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Padd Lane — bus stop.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB