The Garden Cottage, Chevin Avenue, Bradford Road, Menston, Ilkley, LS29 6DY
About The Garden Cottage
The Garden Cottage is a detached house in Menston, Ilkley, Ilkley (LS29 6DY). It has a recorded floor area of 208 m² (around 2239 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
At 208 m² the property is well over the postcode median (138 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £932,000 is 13.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£366/sq ft) was about 58.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £820,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Garden Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Garden Cottage has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£932,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£820,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 September 2021Most recent
£820,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LS29 6DY: £375,000 (2019–1996).
Everything we know about The Garden Cottage, in one report
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Versus other Chevin Avenue homes
The Garden Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
61 (D)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
208 m²
Street avg 183 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.3 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Chevin Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Menston Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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
51.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.5dB