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. Today's modelled estimate of £965,000 is 13.4% above the 2022 sale price. 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
Certificate validity
Valid until 7 March 2031
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.
£965,000
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
221/mo
Falling 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







