The Methodist Chapel, South Road, Bretherton, Leyland, PR26 9AJ

The Methodist Chapel is a detached house in Bretherton, Leyland, Leyland (PR26 9AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2060 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2008) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 43). The latest certificate is from November 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since November 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 191 m² it's 27.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (150 m² median across 21 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £521,000 sits 227.7% above the 1999 sale of £159,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£77/sq ft) was about 58% below the postcode norm.