Meadowcroft Lodge, Elwick Road, Hartlepool, TS26 0BQ
About Meadowcroft Lodge
Meadowcroft Lodge is a four-bedroom detached house in Hartlepool (TS26 0BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 153 m² (around 1647 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2021) 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.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£328/sq ft) was about 108.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £540,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
Meadowcroft Lodge's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
A a single-storey extension application was refused at Meadowcroft Lodge in 2023.
3 applications on record at Meadowcroft Lodge, Elwick Road, Hartlepool, TS26 0BQ
- Aug 2011Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Tree works including removal of sycamore and two conifers and reduction of laurels, hollies and yew
- Reference
- H/2011/0333
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJun 2025Decision
- ExtensionMar 2023Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2001.
£535,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 21 years.
£540,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
1 September 2022Most recent
£540,000
+48.4%over 15 years12 April 2007
£364,000
+114.1%over 6 years7 March 2001
£170,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TS26 0BQ: £369,725 (2024–2002).
Versus other Elwick Road homes
Meadowcroft Lodge outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,529
Street avg £1,657
Floor Area
153 m²
Street avg 266 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.0 t/year
Street avg 15.1 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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ward Jackson Park Lodge — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
High Tunstall College of Science. 24 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB







