Victoria Cottage, Church Hill, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3RX

Victoria Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Dodworth, Barnsley, Barnsley (S75 3RX). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in May 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 96 m² it sits well below the postcode median (172 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £359,000 is 19.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£290/sq ft) was about 75.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £300,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.