4 Barn Croft, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0SX
About 4 Barn Croft
4 Barn Croft is a detached house in Penwortham, Preston, Preston (PR1 0SX). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.
At 95 m² it's 21% larger than the typical home in the postcode (79 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £297,000 is 29.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 20.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £230,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
4 Barn Croft sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
4 Barn Croft has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
4 Barn Croft changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£297,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£230,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 October 2021Most recent
£230,000
26 August 2021
£230,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR1 0SX: £152,000 (2025–2015).
Nearby sales in PR1 0SX
15 Barn Croft, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0SX
Sold Jul 2025
£270,0009 Barn Croft, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0SX
Sold Jun 2018
£152,0006 Barn Croft, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0SX
Sold May 2017
£146,00012 Barn Croft, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0SX
Sold Jun 2015
£160,5002 Barn Croft, Penwortham, Preston, PR1 0SX
Sold May 2006
£200,000
Versus other Barn Croft homes
EPC Rating for 4 Barn Croft lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,421
Street avg £2,168
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 78 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Manor Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Penwortham Girls' High School. 24 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB







