Leyland Bridge Cottage, Lea Road, Lea Town, Preston, PR4 0RA

Leyland Bridge Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Lea Town, Preston, Preston (PR4 0RA). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (October 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 6-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 118 m² it's 19.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (146 m² median across 21 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On the market in November 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. Across 2003–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £357,000 is 42.8% above the 2016 sale price.