Lower Cockhill Farm is a detached house in Hothersall, Preston, Preston (PR3 2XB). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Today's modelled estimate of £596,000 is 45.8% below the 2023 sale of £1,100,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£562/sq ft) was about 168.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 182 m² it's 15.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (215 m² median across 24 EPCs). Sold August 2023 for £1,100,000.
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Lower Cockhill Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Lower Cockhill Farm has no planning applications on record.
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Lower Cockhill Farm valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£596,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,100,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Price per m² for Lower Cockhill Farm runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,044
Street avg £3,226
Floor Area
182 m²
Street avg 224 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
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
31 August 2023Most recent
£1,100,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2XB: £851,000 (2025–2021).
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
Welch House Barn Hothersall Lane Hothersall Preston
Sold Jan 2022
Butcher Fold Farm The Granary Hothersall Lane Hothersall Preston
Sold Dec 2021

Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.7 t/year
Street avg 10.2 t/year
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