Birch Cottage, Beck Lane, Hackthorn, Lincoln, LN2 3PH
About Birch Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Birch Cottage is a detached house in Hackthorn, Lincoln, Lincoln (LN2 3PH). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 129 m² it's 25.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 6 EPCs).
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Birch Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Oct 2022
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E41
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
9.5 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Birch Cottage, Beck Lane, Hackthorn, Lincoln, LN2 3PH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Birch Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Birch Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£307,000
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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Versus other Beck Lane homes
Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Birch Cottage outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
41 (E)
Street avg 31 (F)
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 112 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.5 t/year
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Lincoln district page.
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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around LN2 3PH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 11 points of interest in total.
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