Beech House, Highfield Road, Croston, Leyland, PR26 9HH

Beech House is a four-bedroom detached house in Croston, Leyland, Leyland (PR26 9HH). It has a recorded floor area of 211 m² (around 2271 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since September 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 211 m² the property is well over the postcode median (143 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £720,000 sits 336.4% above the 1997 sale of £165,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£73/sq ft) was about 55.4% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.