Briar Dene, Lancaster Road, Out Rawcliffe, Preston, PR3 6BL
About Briar Dene
Briar Dene is a four-bedroom detached house in Out Rawcliffe, Preston, Preston (PR3 6BL). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a G (score 19), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.
At 119 m² it's 28.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (167 m² median across 14 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £396,000 is 41.4% above the 2022 sale price. Last sale on file: £280,123 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2021.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Outside
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Briar Dene sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at Briar Dene, Lancaster Road, Out Rawcliffe, Preston, PR3 6BL
- May 2021AmendmentOutcome in report
Certificate of lawful development for existing use as a dwellinghouse
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00942/LAWE
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£396,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£280,123
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 January 2022Most recent
£280,123
Median price across the last 5 sales in PR3 6BL: £800,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in PR3 6BL
White House Farm, Lancaster Road, Out Rawcliffe, Preston, PR3 6BL
Sold Aug 2024
£1,111,000Shire Lodge, Lancaster Road, Out Rawcliffe, Preston, PR3 6BL
Sold Dec 2023
£800,000Pear Tree House, Lancaster Road, Out Rawcliffe, Preston, PR3 6BL
Sold Jun 2021
£280,000Bowland House, Lancaster Road, Out Rawcliffe, Preston, PR3 6BL
Sold Jun 2021
£750,000Oakfield, Lancaster Road, Out Rawcliffe, Preston, PR3 6BL
Sold Sept 2020
£267,500
Versus other Lancaster Road homes
EPC Rating for Briar Dene lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,354
Street avg £3,112
Floor Area
119 m²
Street avg 192 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 7.2 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
0.1 km
Belle Vue Farm — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB







