Bradcroft Cottage is a semi-detached house in Goosnargh, Preston, Preston (PR3 2BN). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs.
At 146 m² it's 26.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (115 m² median across 25 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2018.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Conversion of stables/storage building to residential dwelling
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Bradcroft Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£334,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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.
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What we flagged
CO₂ Emissions for Bradcroft Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
40 (E)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
146 m²
Street avg 156 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2BN: £410,000 (2024–2021).
Fell View Goosnargh Lane Goosnargh Preston
Sold Oct 2024
Oakenhead Goosnargh Lane Goosnargh Preston
Sold Sept 2023
Honey Wood Goosnargh Lane Goosnargh Preston
Sold Aug 2021
The Willows Goosnargh Lane Goosnargh Preston
Sold May 2021
Stone Cottage Goosnargh Lane Goosnargh Preston
Sold Jan 2021

Street avg 6.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
PR3 2AR
Sports Pavilion — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Goosnargh Oliverson's Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB