40 Ben Bank Road, Silkstone Common, Barnsley, S75 4PB
About 40 Ben Bank Road
40 Ben Bank Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Silkstone Common, Barnsley, Barnsley (S75 4PB). It has a recorded floor area of 224 m² (around 2411 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 224 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. It changed hands recently, sold December 2024 for £575,000. Across 2000–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£238/sq ft) was about 21.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble, Detached
- LandYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
40 Ben Bank Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
40 Ben Bank Road 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 40 Ben Bank Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£581,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 24 years.
£575,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
17 December 2024Most recent
£575,000
+9.5%over 5 years9 October 2019
£525,000
+400.0%over 19 years18 July 2000
£105,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in S75 4PB: £165,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in S75 4PB
Bloomfield House, Flat 9, 19 Ben Bank Road, Silkstone Common, Barnsley, S75 4PB
Sold Apr 2025
£175,000Bloomfield House, Flat 11, 19 Ben Bank Road, Silkstone Common, Barnsley, S75 4PB
Sold Jan 2025
£165,000Bloomfield House, Flat 2, 19 Ben Bank Road, Silkstone Common, Barnsley, S75 4PB
Sold Jul 2024
£185,000Bloomfield House, Flat 6, 19 Ben Bank Road, Silkstone Common, Barnsley, S75 4PB
Sold Jan 2024
£155,000Bloomfield House, Flat 10, 19 Ben Bank Road, Silkstone Common, Barnsley, S75 4PB
Sold Oct 2023
£152,500
Versus other Ben Bank Road homes
40 Ben Bank Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,567
Street avg £2,052
Floor Area
224 m²
Street avg 159 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ben Bank Road/Hall Royd Walk — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Silkstone Common Junior and Infant School. 4 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
46.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB







