40 Middle Row, Cressbrook, Buxton, SK17 8SX
About 40 Middle Row
40 Middle Row is an end-of-terrace house in Cressbrook, Buxton, Buxton (SK17 8SX). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows a G (score 16), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 55), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Held since January 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £272,000 sits 100% above the 2004 sale of £136,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£201/sq ft) was about 16.9% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Energy performance
40 Middle Row sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
40 Middle Row has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Jan 2023Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Multistem Sycamore - FELL due to location, tree bole is growing out of a drystone retaining wall, is in close proximity to neighbouring properties and shared pedestrian access. T2 Multistem Ash - FELL due to location, tree bole is growing out of a drystone retaining wall, is in close proximity to neighbouring properties and shared pedestrian access. T3 Elm - FELL due to location, tree bole is growing at the top of a drystone retaining wall/limestone outcrop and is in close proximity to neighbouring properties and shared pedestrian access. Felled trees will be replaced by small fruiting trees such as plum or apple as part of the restoration of this land to a productive garden in accordance with the covenant placed on the title. As the plot is close to dwellings, an MM106 rootstock will be specified to limit ultimate height. Trees will be planted away from existing retaining walls.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- NP/TCA/0123/0002
- Mar 2013ConditionsIn report
Discharge of conditions 1 - 5 on NP/DDD/0512/0496
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- NP/DIS/1112/1160
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Sales history & valuation
40 Middle Row valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£272,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£136,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 January 2004Most recent
£136,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SK17 8SX: £240,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in SK17 8SX
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Sold Oct 2024
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Sold Apr 2024
£315,00063 Top Cottages, Cressbrook, Buxton, SK17 8SX
Sold Feb 2023
£240,000Gables Cottage, Cressbrook, Buxton, SK17 8SX
Sold Mar 2021
£300,00043 Middle Row, Cressbrook, Buxton, SK17 8SX
Sold Mar 2021
£230,000
Versus the street
EPC Rating for 40 Middle Row lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,159
Street avg £3,330
Floor Area
63 m²
Street avg 76 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.7 t/year
Street avg 7.0 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
0.0 km
Phone Box — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
Litton CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB







