Dansons Farm, Preston Road, Alston, Preston, PR3 3BL
About Dansons Farm
Dansons Farm is a four-bedroom detached house in Alston, Preston, Preston (PR3 3BL). It has a recorded floor area of 216 m² (around 2325 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 216 m² it's 24.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (173 m² median across 12 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £740,000 is 12.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£284/sq ft) was about 22.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £660,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- LandYes
Building
- Heating systemOil
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Dansons Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Dansons Farm has an approved extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at Dansons Farm, Preston Road, Alston, Preston, PR3 3BL
- Jun 2015ConversionFullOutcome in report
Conversion of existing outbuilding to residential dwelling
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/2014/0967
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJun 2024Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£740,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£660,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 June 2021Most recent
£660,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 3BL: £360,000 (2022–2013).
Nearby sales in PR3 3BL
New Chapel House, Preston Road, Alston, Preston, PR3 3BL
Sold Jul 2022
£650,000Old Chapel Barn, Preston Road, Alston, Preston, PR3 3BL
Sold Jun 2022
£350,000Old Chapel House, Preston Road, Alston, Preston, PR3 3BL
Sold Sept 2015
£394,000Roadside Farm Cottage, Preston Road, Alston, Preston, PR3 3BL
Sold Sept 2013
£360,000Roadside Farm Barn, Preston Road, Alston, Preston, PR3 3BL
Sold Jul 2013
£330,000
Versus other Preston Road homes
On habitable rooms, Dansons Farm stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,056
Street avg £2,589
Floor Area
216 m²
Street avg 193 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.3 t/year
Street avg 6.6 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
0.2 km
White Bull — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB







