1 Church Street is a three-bedroom detached house in Scothern, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 2UA). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced Lincoln HPI: 8.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 64.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2024 for £431,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 145 m² it's 18.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (123 m² median across 14 EPCs).
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Council records include a two-storey extension at 1 Church Street.
Planning Application to erect timber framed garage and boundary wall
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1 Church Street has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2000.
£417,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.7% per year over 24 years.
£431,000
Growth on file: 8.7% per year over 24 years.
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On years held, 1 Church Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,972
Street avg £2,585
Floor Area
145 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Two storey
PLANNING APPLICATION FOR 2 STOREY EXTENSION
1 February 2024Most recent
£431,000
+36.8%over 15 years28 October 2008
£315,000
+309.4%over 7 years23 July 2001
£76,950
+28.2%over 1 year22 May 2000
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LN2 2UA: £310,000 (2023–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
LN2 2EJ
St German's Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB