Hilltop Barn, Clitheroe Road, Knowle Green, Preston, PR3 2YQ

Hilltop Barn is a detached house in Knowle Green, Preston, Preston (PR3 2YQ). It has a recorded floor area of 245 m² (around 2637 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 4 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 245 m² the property is well over the postcode median (149 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£417/sq ft) was about 78% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Sold March 2022 for £1,100,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.