Butcher Fold Farm is a detached house in Hothersall, Preston, Preston (PR3 2XB). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. At 175 m² it's 18.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (215 m² median across 24 EPCs).
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Butcher Fold Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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Butcher Fold Farm has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£479,000
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.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Butcher Fold Farm is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
40 (E)
Street avg 55 (E)
Floor Area
175 m²
Street avg 224 m²
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 10.2 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
0.9 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Proposed demolition of three agricultural buildings
Proposed track to provide access to rear of farm.
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2XB: £851,000 (2025–2022).
Wingfield House Hothersall Lane Hothersall Preston
Sold Oct 2025
Lane Ends Farm Hothersall Lane Hothersall Preston
Sold Dec 2024
Meadowhead Farm Hothersall Lane Hothersall Preston
Sold Nov 2024
Lower Cockhill Farm Hothersall Lane Hothersall Preston
Sold Aug 2023
Welch House Barn Hothersall Lane Hothersall Preston
Sold Jan 2022

Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
PR3 2TB
Asturian Gate — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
St Cecilia's RC High School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.2dB