Herries Cottage is a detached house in Birch Vale, High Peak, High Peak (SK22 1AU). It has a recorded floor area of 281 m² (around 3025 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in January 2020 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 281 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Herries Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Herries Cottage has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
Proposed road
Herries Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,015,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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EPC Rating for Herries Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
72 (C)
Street avg 47 (E)
Floor Area
281 m²
Street avg 83 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
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
0.8 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.3dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heat pump installed, significantly improving energy efficiency
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
Wall insulation improved
Certificate of Lawfullness for the proposed use of a Current access to fields to be converted to suitable driveway to house and barn.
Full planning data for Herries Cottage, Aspenshaw, Birch Vale, High Peak, SK22 1AU
1 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
Median price across the last 3 sales in SK22 1AU: £450,000 (2012–2003).
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Street avg 5.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
SK22 1BP
Church End — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Thornsett Primary School (High Peak Federation). 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.2dB