16 Borrowdale Close, Barnsley, S71 5ED
About 16 Borrowdale Close
16 Borrowdale Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Barnsley (S71 5ED). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 78 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£285/sq ft) was about 100.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2022 for £239,550. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenFront and rear
- GarageYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Energy performance
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Planning history
16 Borrowdale Close has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 16 Borrowdale Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£257,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£239,550
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 October 2022Most recent
£239,550
Median price across the last 5 sales in S71 5ED: £90,000 (2022–2020).
Nearby sales in S71 5ED
Versus other Borrowdale Close homes
16 Borrowdale Close outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,071
Street avg £1,799
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
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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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Cumberland Drive/Hawkwell Bank — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Oakhill Primary Academy. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB







