Lodge Cottage, Chipping Road, Thornley, Preston, PR3 2TB
About Lodge Cottage
Lodge Cottage is a detached house in Thornley, Preston, Preston (PR3 2TB). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in January 2012 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 111), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (163 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Energy performance
Lodge Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919 and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
From £885 · Includes VAT
Planning history
Lodge Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
5 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Lodge Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£249,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
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.
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2TB: £350,000 (2020–2003).
Nearby sales in PR3 2TB
Knott Farm, Chipping Road, Thornley, Preston, PR3 2TB
Sold Aug 2020
£350,0001 Black Moss Cottages, Chipping Road, Thornley, Preston, PR3 2TB
Sold Aug 2006
£200,0002 Black Moss Cottages, Chipping Road, Thornley, Preston, PR3 2TB
Sold Aug 2006
£400,000Watering Trough Cottage, Chipping Road, Thornley, Preston, PR3 2TB
Sold Dec 2003
£200,000Ginfield, Chipping Road, Thornley, Preston, PR3 2TB
Sold Sept 1999
£80,000
Versus other Chipping Road homes
EPC Rating for Lodge Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
21 (F)
Street avg 42 (E)
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 174 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 9.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
0.2 km
Derby Arms — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Barnacre Road Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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
44.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB







