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.
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Lodge Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Lodge Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
5applications of note in the surrounding area
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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.
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
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
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
44.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2TB: £350,000 (2020–2003).
Knott Farm Chipping Road Thornley Preston
Sold Aug 2020
1 Black Moss Cottages Chipping Road Thornley Preston
Sold Aug 2006
2 Black Moss Cottages Chipping Road Thornley Preston
Sold Aug 2006
Watering Trough Cottage Chipping Road Thornley Preston
Sold Dec 2003
Ginfield Chipping Road Thornley Preston
Sold Sept 1999

Street avg 9.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
PR3 2DB
Derby Arms — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Barnacre Road Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB