1 Brook Houses, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4EZ
About 1 Brook Houses
1 Brook Houses is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cawthorne, Barnsley, Barnsley (S75 4EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.
It hasn't traded since March 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 79 m² it's 19.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £220,000 sits 323.1% above the 1995 sale of £52,000. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
1 Brook Houses sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
A recent planning application at 1 Brook Houses was refused — worth checking the council file.
1 application on record at 1 Brook Houses, Cawthorne, Barnsley, S75 4EZ
- Mar 2024FullOutcome in report
Creating of 6no. off street parking spaces and associated works including 2no. hedgerows
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 2024/0266
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Sales history & valuation
1 Brook Houses's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£220,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£52,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 March 1995Most recent
£52,000
Versus other Brook Houses homes
EPC Rating for 1 Brook Houses lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 71 (C)
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 85 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Taylor Hill/Tivy Dale Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Cawthorne Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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
39.5dB







