Newstead Cottage, School Lane, Forton, Preston, PR3 0AS
About Newstead Cottage
Newstead Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Forton, Preston, Preston (PR3 0AS). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 184 m² the property is well over the postcode median (82 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£341/sq ft) was about 92.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £675,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
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Energy performance
Newstead Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
Newstead Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
13 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Newstead Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£697,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 15 years.
£675,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
19 June 2022Most recent
£675,000
+136.9%over 14 years11 July 2007
£284,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 0AS: £240,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in PR3 0AS
Rosary, School Lane, Forton, Preston, PR3 0AS
Sold Mar 2025
£475,0006 School Lane, Forton, Preston, PR3 0AS
Sold Sept 2024
£205,0007 School Lane, Forton, Preston, PR3 0AS
Sold Feb 2021
£240,000Oak Lodge, School Lane, Forton, Preston, PR3 0AS
Sold Nov 2020
£292,50020 School Lane, Forton, Preston, PR3 0AS
Sold Mar 2020
£228,000
Versus other School Lane homes
Newstead Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,668
Street avg £2,144
Floor Area
184 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
School Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Forton Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB