3 Irelands Cottage is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Whittingham, Preston, Preston (PR3 2AP). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2017) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced Preston HPI: 3.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 88.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 105 m² it's 25% larger than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 11 EPCs). Last sale on file: £325,000 in March 2019.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
3 Irelands Cottage has no planning applications on record.
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3 Irelands Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£352,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 14 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 14 years.
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3 Irelands Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,095
Street avg £1,978
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
29 March 2019Most recent
£325,000
+62.5%over 13 years26 August 2005
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2AP: £162,402 (2025–2021).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
PR3 2GH
Brabiner Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
Longridge High School. 9 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB