Lodge Cottage, Chipping Road, Thornley, Preston, PR3 2TB
About Lodge Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
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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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Lodge Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Feb 2018
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F21
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
11.0 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Lodge Cottage, Chipping Road, Thornley, Preston, PR3 2TB, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Lodge Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
5applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Lodge Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£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.
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Versus other Chipping Road homes
Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
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
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Preston district page.
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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PR3 2TB from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 35 points of interest in total.
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