8 Pontefract Road, Barnsley, S71 1AJ
About 8 Pontefract Road
8 Pontefract Road is a semi-detached house in Barnsley (S71 1AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since December 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
At 79 m² it's 29.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 12 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £144,000 is 20% above the 2022 sale price. Last sale on file: £120,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 4 September 2035
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
8 Pontefract Road has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Pontefract Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£144,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£120,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 August 2022Most recent
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in S71 1AJ: £80,000 (2022–2016).
Versus other Pontefract Road homes
8 Pontefract Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,519
Street avg £1,359
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 63 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.4 t/year
Street avg 2.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
419/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Schwabish Gmund Way/Schwabish Gmund Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Queens Road Academy. 24 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.8dB







