North Cross Barn, Barton Lane, Barton, Preston, PR3 5AX

North Cross Barn is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Barton, Preston, Preston (PR3 5AX). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 178 m² it's 19.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (220 m² median across 9 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£365/sq ft) was about 148.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £700,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.