Welch House Barn, Hothersall Lane, Hothersall, Preston, PR3 2XB
About Welch House Barn
Welch House Barn is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Hothersall, Preston, Preston (PR3 2XB). It has a recorded floor area of 224 m² (around 2411 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 224 m² it's 20.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (186 m² median across 29 EPCs). Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£353/sq ft) was about 77.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £851,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble, Detached
- LandYes
Energy performance
Welch House Barn's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
Welch House Barn has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at Welch House Barn, Hothersall Lane, Hothersall, Preston, PR3 2XB
- Jan 2005AmendmentOutcome in report
B1 - Rural Office, 50sq.m. and garden wall.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 15901
- More recent applications — locked
- ConservatoryJun 2019Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Welch House Barn has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£927,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 23 years.
£851,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
14 January 2022Most recent
£851,000
+10.5%over 4 years31 August 2017
£770,000
+227.7%over 18 years29 April 1999
£235,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2XB: £1,100,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in PR3 2XB
Wingfield House, Hothersall Lane, Hothersall, Preston, PR3 2XB
Sold Oct 2025
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Sold Dec 2024
£800,000Meadowhead Farm, Hothersall Lane, Hothersall, Preston, PR3 2XB
Sold Nov 2024
£2,150,000Lower Cockhill Farm, Hothersall Lane, Hothersall, Preston, PR3 2XB
Sold Aug 2023
£1,100,000Butcher Fold Farm, The Granary, Hothersall Lane, Hothersall, Preston, PR3 2XB
Sold Dec 2021
£2,130,000
Versus other Hothersall Lane homes
On price per m², Welch House Barn stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,799
Street avg £3,215
Floor Area
224 m²
Street avg 205 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 9.8 t/year
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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
0.9 km
Asturian Gate — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
St Cecilia's RC High School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.2dB







