1 Martland Cottages, Towngate, Eccleston, Chorley, PR7 5QS

1 Martland Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Eccleston, Chorley, Chorley (PR7 5QS). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 820 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The latest certificate (March 2011) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 46). The latest certificate is from March 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since October 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 76 m² it's 18.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 26 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £197,000 is 23.1% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£195/sq ft) was about 23.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.