What type of property is The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG?

The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG is a 3-bedroom mid-terrace house.

What was the last sold price for The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG?

The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG last sold for £68,000 in December 1999, around 26 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £65,000 in April 1996. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG changed over time?

Across 3 sales between April 1996 and December 1999, The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG rose from £65,000 to £68,000, a change of £3,000. That works out to roughly +1.2% per year compounded over 4 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG?

The current EPC rating for The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG is D with a score of 60 out of 100, lodged in March 2025. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG?

The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (1,066 sq ft), around 33 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 12% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in PR6 8HG. Source: EPC Register.

How is The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG heated?

The latest EPC at The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG?

The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG is in council tax band C.

Where is The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG located?

The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG sits in Wheelton, Chorley, Chorley. It falls within the PR6 postcode district in Lancashire.

How safe is the area around The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG?

Police records around The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 8 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 62% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG?

The closest primary school to The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG is St Chad's Catholic Primary School (559m), one of 8 primaries within walking distance.

How well connected is The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG?

The closest bus stop to The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, PR6 8HG is Red Lion Hotel, 120m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, Wheelton, Chorley, PR6 8HG

3 sales on record

Property type

Mid terrace

Bedrooms

Bathrooms

Floor area

99 m²

1066 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 60

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About The Reading Rooms

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

The Reading Rooms is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Wheelton, Chorley, Chorley (PR6 8HG). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since December 1999 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1996–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £247,000 sits 263.2% above the 1999 sale of £68,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£64/sq ft) was about 54.5% below the postcode norm.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms3
Bathrooms2

Outside

Private gardenYes
GarageYes

Building

Period featuresYes

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Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

D60

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

4.5 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against The Reading Rooms, Victoria Street, Wheelton, Chorley, PR6 8HG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

The Reading Rooms has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The Reading Rooms's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1996).

Current estimate

£247,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.2% per year over 4 years.

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Last sold (1999)

£68,000

Growth on file: 1.2% per year over 4 years.

Sales timeline

10 December 1999Most recent
£68,000
-2.9%over 12 months
18 December 1998
£70,000
+7.7%over 2 years
2 April 1996
£65,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in PR6 8HG: £218,500 (2023–2016).

Nearby sales in PR6 8HG

On the street

Versus other Victoria Street homes

Four headline reads against 16 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On price per m², The Reading Rooms runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£687

Street avg £1,634

Strongly below

Floor Area

99 m²

Street avg 93 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

4.5 t/year

Street avg 4.5 t/year

On par

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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3 bed2 bath

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1 Chapel Street, Brinscall

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4 bed1 bath

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2 bed

Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Chorley district page.

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Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Red Lion Hotel — bus stop.

Closest school

0.6 km

St Chad's Catholic Primary School. 8 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PR6 8HG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

50.9dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for PR6 8HG

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

42.3dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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FAQ

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