York House, Apartment 20, 2 Orchard Lane, Sheffield, S1 2FG
About York House
York House is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Sheffield (S1 2FG). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. At 168 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across York House (45–168 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (82 versus a worst of 14). The latest certificate (May 2021) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since June 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good.
At 168 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£156/sq ft) was about 32.1% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £283,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
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Energy performance
York House ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
4 applications on record at York House, Apartment 20, 2 Orchard Lane, Sheffield, S1 2FG
- Jul 2017RenovationHeritageOutcome in report
Internal alterations including new staircase to provide additional living space at the higher deck level and alterations to window to allow ventilation
New Windows- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/01557/LBC
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsDec 2017Decision
- ConditionsDec 2017Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
York House's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£286,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.9% per year over 15 years.
£283,000
Growth on file: 0.9% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
9 September 2021Most recent
£283,000
+6.8%over 4 years22 September 2016
£265,000
+6.0%over 9 years13 February 2007
£249,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in S1 2FG: £184,500 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in S1 2FG
York House, Apartment 11, 2 Orchard Lane, Sheffield, S1 2FG
Sold Aug 2023
£180,000York House, Apartment 9, 2 Orchard Lane, Sheffield, S1 2FG
Sold Jan 2023
£184,500York House, Apartment 19, 2 Orchard Lane, Sheffield, S1 2FG
Sold Mar 2021
£227,500York House, Apartment 8, 2 Orchard Lane, Sheffield, S1 2FG
Sold Jan 2021
£137,000York House, Apartment 2, 2 Orchard Lane, Sheffield, S1 2FG
Sold Sept 2020
£5,086,442
Versus other Orchard Lane homes
EPC Rating for York House runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,685
Street avg £8,530
Floor Area
168 m²
Street avg 74 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
9/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
City Hall — subway entrance.
Closest school
0.7 km
Springfield Primary School. 33 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.3dB






