What kind of home is Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT?

Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT is a detached house.

What did Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT sell for?

Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT last sold for £650,000 in April 2021, around 5 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £137,000 in January 2017. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT?

Across 3 sales between January 2017 and April 2021, Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT rose from £137,000 to £650,000, a change of £513,000. That works out to roughly +44.5% per year compounded over 4 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT?

The current EPC rating for Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT is B with a score of 86 out of 100, lodged in March 2021. Source: EPC Register.

How big is Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT?

Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT has a recorded floor area of 187 m² (2,013 sq ft). That makes it about 26% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in WA11 8RT. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT use?

The latest EPC at Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT records gas: mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Has Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT had any planning applications?

Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT has 1 planning record on file (1 approved), most recent in May 2020. Source: PlanIt planning register.

Which area is Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT in?

Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT sits in Crank, St. Helens, St Helens. It falls within the WA11 postcode district.

How safe is the area around Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT?

Police records around Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT show an average of 4 reported crimes per month over the last 10 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 44% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT?

The closest primary school to Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT is St Mary's Catholic Primary School (2.0km), one of 6 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Rainford High School (2.8km).

What is the nearest station to Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT?

The closest bus stop to Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, WA11 8RT is Back Lane, 193m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, Crank, St Helens, WA11 8RT

EPC B3 sales on record1 planning record

Property type

Detached

Floor area

187 m²

2013 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 86

Overview

About Lowes Forge House

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Lowes Forge House is a detached house in Crank, St. Helens, St Helens (WA11 8RT). It has a recorded floor area of 187 m² (around 2013 sq ft). The latest certificate (March 2021) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating.

At 187 m² it's 26.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (148 m² median across 3 EPCs). Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 44.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 339.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2020.

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Risks

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Sold prices

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Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Rating

B86

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Very Good

CO2 Emissions

2.5 t/year

Occupancy

—

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Lowes Forge House, Red Cat Lane, Crank, St Helens, WA11 8RT, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

May 2020
Conditions
In report
Discharge of condition 3 on approval P/2019/0559/S73.
Agent
C/O PKL PARTNERS LIMITED
Documents
7 docs on file
Reference
C/2020/0019/CON
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Price for Lowes Forge House has grown more than fourfold since the 2017 starting point.

Current estimate

£696,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 44.5% per year over 4 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£650,000

Growth on file: 44.5% per year over 4 years.

Sales timeline

19 April 2021Most recent
£650,000
+140.7%over 3 years
16 February 2018
£270,000
+97.1%over 1 year
26 January 2017
£137,000

Median price across the last 3 sales in WA11 8RT: £170,000 (2002–1996).

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On the street

Versus other Red Cat Lane homes

Three headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Lowes Forge House outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.

EPC Rating

86 (B)

Street avg 66 (D)

Strongly above

Floor Area

187 m²

Street avg 193 m²

Above

CO₂ Emissions

2.5 t/year

Street avg 6.5 t/year

Strongly above

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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Full St Helens report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

4/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.2 km

Back Lane — bus stop.

Closest school

2.0 km

St Mary's Catholic Primary School. 7 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.6dB

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Night-time road noise heatmap for WA11 8RT

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.6dB

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