The Old School House, Willoughby Road, Cumberworth, Alford, LN13 9LF
About The Old School House
The Old School House is a five-bedroom detached house in Cumberworth, Alford, Alford (LN13 9LF). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory and a self-contained annexe.
At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £435,000 is 35.9% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£217/sq ft) was about 53.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £320,000 in June 2020.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- ConservatoryYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
The Old School House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Mar 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2004AnnexFullIn report
Planning Permission - Extensions to an existing house to provide an annexe of accommodation and a conservatory, dining room and 2 no. bedrooms for the existing house with the existing conservatory to be demolished.
- Agent
- Neil Dowlman Architecture,
ExtensionConservatory- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- N/040/01607/04
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£435,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.0% per year over 5 years.
£320,000
Growth on file: 11.0% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
25 June 2020Most recent
£320,000
+60.0%over 4 years17 December 2015
£199,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN13 9LF: £350,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in LN13 9LF
Low Green Cottage, Willoughby Road, Cumberworth, Alford, LN13 9LF
Sold Oct 2024
£485,000Ivy House, Willoughby Road, Cumberworth, Alford, LN13 9LF
Sold Feb 2023
£350,000Woodlands, Willoughby Road, Cumberworth, Alford, LN13 9LF
Sold Sept 2022
£280,000Thorndykes, Willoughby Road, Cumberworth, Alford, LN13 9LF
Sold Mar 2022
£160,000The Willows, Willoughby Road, Cumberworth, Alford, LN13 9LF
Sold Jun 2021
£410,000
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- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Willoughby Road homes
The Old School House outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,336
Street avg £2,002
Floor Area
137 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 7.1 t/year
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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
0.5 km
St Helen's Church — bus stop.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB