Church House Barn, South Road, Bretherton, Leyland, PR26 9AJ
About Church House Barn
Church House Barn is a detached house in Bretherton, Leyland, Leyland (PR26 9AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 287 m² (around 3089 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63).
At 287 m² the property is well over the postcode median (150 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). 8 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Risks
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Sold prices
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Trends
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Energy performance
Church House Barn's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Feb 2019AmendmentIn report
Minor non-material amendment to planning permission ref: 17/00957/FUL (which was for the change of use of existing storage barn in grounds of Church House Barn to dwelling including two storey extension and demolition of existing Dutch barn) to allow the relocation of the fire escape window in bedroom 1.
- Agent
- Tom Lockwood MCIAT
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/00012/MNMA
- Sept 2018ExtensionAmendmentIn report
Minor non-material amendment to planning permission 17/00957/FUL (Application to vary condition 9 (bat survey) of permission reference 16/00067/FUL (which was for a change of use of an existing storage barn in grounds of Church House Barn to dwelling including two storey extension and demolition of existing Dutch barns), to allow works to start on site beyond the twelve month limit of the last bat survey) involving the insertion of a window to the wardrobe room and partial blocking up of an existing door opening at first floor to form fire escape window to bedroom 2.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/00770/MNMA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Church House Barn has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£861,000
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.
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR26 9AJ: £485,000 (2024–2023).
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Sold Mar 2023
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Sold Jan 2023
£430,000
Everything we know about Church House Barn, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other South Road homes
Church House Barn outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
49 (E)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
287 m²
Street avg 162 m²
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 7.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
St Johns Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.0 km
Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB