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.
Sale prices here have outpaced Preston HPI: 5.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£353/sq ft) was about 68.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 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. 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.
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Welch House Barn's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Welch House Barn has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
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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.
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On price per m², Welch House Barn stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,799
Street avg £3,386
Floor Area
224 m²
Street avg 222 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 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
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
Extension: Single storey
Application for a single storey glazed extension between the existing residential property and detached lodge.
B1 - Rural Office, 50sq.m. and garden wall.
14 January 2022Most recent
£851,000
+10.5%over 4 years1 September 2017
£770,000
+227.7%over 18 years30 April 1999
£235,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2XB: £1,100,000 (2025–2021).
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CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 10.3 t/year
PR3 2BN
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