Primrose Cottage, Barton Lane, Barton, Preston, PR3 5AX

Primrose Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Barton, Preston, Preston (PR3 5AX). It has a recorded floor area of 220 m² (around 2368 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), 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. The home occupies a corner plot.

5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£264/sq ft) was about 79.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £625,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.