8 New Row Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Knowle Green, Preston, Preston (PR3 2YS). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2024) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 67 m² it's 19.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 17 EPCs). One planning record on file: change of use to residential refused in 2014.
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8 New Row Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Proposed change of use of garage/home office to residential dwelling
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8 New Row Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£220,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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What we flagged
EPC Rating
41 (E)
Street avg 55 (E)
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 154 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 2YS: £390,000 (2025–2019).
11 New Row Cottages Clitheroe Road Knowle Green Preston
Sold Jan 2025
4 Airey Houses Clitheroe Road Knowle Green Preston
Sold May 2021
Squire House Clitheroe Road Knowle Green Preston
Sold Nov 2020
Curlew Cottage Clitheroe Road Knowle Green Preston
Sold Mar 2018
3 Airey Houses Clitheroe Road Knowle Green Preston
Sold Feb 2015

Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
PR3 2XB
Moor Nook — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB