Armoury Towers, Flat 8, Barracks Square, Macclesfield, SK11 8HF

Armoury Towers is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Macclesfield (SK11 8HF). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. At 95 m² this is the 5th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in Armoury Towers, where floor areas span 40–123 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 95 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2022. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On the market in May 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. Across 2009–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £239,000 is 35% above the 2014 sale price.