What type of property is 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY?

16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY is a 4-bedroom semi-detached house.

What did 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY sell for?

16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY last sold for £230,000 in July 2022, around 4 years ago. Before that, it sold for £60,000 in January 1997, so prices have been rising over 26 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY?

Across 2 sales between January 1997 and July 2022, 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY rose from £60,000 to £230,000, a change of £170,000. That works out to roughly +5.4% per year compounded over 26 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY have?

The current EPC rating for 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY is E with a score of 48 out of 100, lodged in August 2015. The assessor estimates the property could reach a A. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY?

16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (1,227 sq ft), around 29 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 34% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in PR1 0AY. Source: EPC Register.

How is 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY heated?

The latest EPC at 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Has 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY had any planning applications?

16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY has council approval for single-storey rear extension granted in January 2025 under ref. 07/2024/00795/HOH. Source: PlanIt planning register.

What council tax band is 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY?

16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY is in council tax band D.

Where is 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY located?

16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY sits in Penwortham, Preston, Preston. It falls within the PR1 postcode district in Lancashire.

What is crime like near 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY?

Police records around 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY show an average of 8 reported crimes per month over the last 11 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 37% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY?

The closest primary school to 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY is Penwortham Primary School (741m), one of 23 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Penwortham Girls' High School (717m), with 6 secondaries in the surrounding area.

How well connected is 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY?

The closest bus stop to 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, PR1 0AY is Clive Road, 59m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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16 Shaftesbury Avenue, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0AY

1 planning record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

114 m²

1227 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 48

Council tax

Band D

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About 16 Shaftesbury Avenue

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

16 Shaftesbury Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Penwortham, Preston, Preston (PR1 0AY). It has a recorded floor area of 114 m² (around 1227 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 114 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £281,000 is 22.2% above the 2022 sale price. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £230,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms4
Bathrooms1

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

16 Shaftesbury Avenue'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 09 Aug 2025

EPC Rating

E48

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Very Poor

CO2 Emissions

7.4 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0AY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

16 Shaftesbury Avenue has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.

1 application on record at 16 Shaftesbury Avenue, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0AY

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Jan 2025
ExtensionFull
Outcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension with a flat roof and a lantern rooflight
Documents
8 docs on file
Reference
07/2024/00795/HOH
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

16 Shaftesbury Avenue has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.

Current estimate

£281,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.4% per year over 26 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£230,000

Growth on file: 5.4% per year over 26 years.

Sales timeline

17 July 2022Most recent
£230,000
+283.3%over 25 years
10 January 1997
£60,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in PR1 0AY: £235,000 (2025–2020).

Nearby sales in PR1 0AY

On the street

Versus other Shaftesbury Avenue homes

Four headline reads against 13 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

CO₂ Emissions for 16 Shaftesbury Avenue lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,018

Street avg £2,445

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Floor Area

114 m²

Street avg 88 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

6 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

7.4 t/year

Street avg 4.2 t/year

Strongly below

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Area

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Crime

8/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Clive Road — bus stop.

Closest school

0.7 km

Penwortham Girls' High School. 29 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PR1 0AY from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

51.0dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for PR1 0AY

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

40.4dB

Low

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Common questions

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