The Beeches, Crow Hole, Barlow, Dronfield, S18 7TJ
About The Beeches
The Beeches is a detached house in Barlow, Dronfield, Dronfield (S18 7TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 251 m² (around 2702 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2024. The latest certificate (November 2024) returns a high B (score 89), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.
It hasn't traded since October 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. At 251 m² the property is well over the postcode median (113 m² across 4 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. Across 1996–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,128,000 sits 132.6% above the 2001 sale of £485,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£180/sq ft) was about 18.1% below the postcode norm. 7 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Beeches ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Beeches sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- Nov 2017ConditionsIn report
Application to discharge conditions 4 ( Walling/Roofing), 6 (Site investigations), 8 (Levels), 10 (Contaminated Land Assessment), 11 ( Remediation scheme), and 12 ( Completion of remediation work) pursuant of 17/00628/FL
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/01087/DISCON
- Aug 2017FullIn report
Application to demolish garage and storage block and construction of new garage, home office and single storey ancillary residential accommodation
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/00628/FL
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- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged
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Sales history & valuation
The Beeches's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£1,128,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.4% per year over 5 years.
£485,000
Growth on file: 10.4% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
29 October 2001Most recent
£485,000
+61.7%over 4 years16 December 1996
£300,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in S18 7TJ: £300,000 (2024–2004).
Nearby sales in S18 7TJ
Everything we know about The Beeches, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged

Versus other Crow Hole homes
Years Held for The Beeches runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,932
Street avg £6,067
Floor Area
251 m²
Street avg 106 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.2 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
Years Held
25 years
Street avg 9 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Crowhole — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Barlow CofE Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB