Mather Fold House, Hoghton Lane, Higher Walton, Preston, PR5 4ED

Mather Fold House is a five-bedroom detached house in Higher Walton, Preston, Preston (PR5 4ED). It has a recorded floor area of 315 m² (around 3391 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and outbuildings.

Held since September 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 315 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £746,000 sits 217.4% above the 1997 sale of £235,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 40.6% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015.