16 James Street, Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, S70 4SL

16 James Street is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, Barnsley (S70 4SL). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 703 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2011) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 65 m² it's 21.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (83 m² median across 38 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £100,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £130,000 is 30% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£142/sq ft) was about 134% above the typical sold price in the postcode.