Village Farm, 1 Sandstone Cottages, Chester Road, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AJ
About Village Farm
Village Farm is a semi-detached house in Daresbury, Warrington, Warrington (WA4 4AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 4-band jump.
5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £404,000 is 36.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£285/sq ft) was about 20.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 96 m² it's 25.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (129 m² median across 17 EPCs). Most recent transfer: July 2021 at £295,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Village Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Village Farm sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
5 applications on record at Village Farm, 1 Sandstone Cottages, Chester Road, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AJ
- Oct 2005AmendmentOutcome in report
Proposed amendments to approved planning application (92/00023/FUL) to convert redundant outbuildings to dwellings Unit 4 Village Farm Chester Road Daresbury Cheshire WA4 4AJ
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 05/00754/COU
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksAug 2019Decision
- FullSept 2012Decision
+ 2 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Village Farm's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£404,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.5% per year over 17 years.
£295,000
Growth on file: 0.5% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
15 July 2021Most recent
£295,000
+9.3%over 17 years26 May 2004
£270,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WA4 4AJ: £657,500 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in WA4 4AJ
Coachmans Cottage, Chester Road, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AJ
Sold Dec 2024
£801,0004 The Square, Chester Road, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AJ
Sold Dec 2022
£355,000Sextons Cottage, Chester Road, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AJ
Sold Jun 2021
£450,000Wood End View, Chester Road, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AJ
Sold Feb 2021
£657,500Orchard Croft, Chester Road, Daresbury, Warrington, WA4 4AJ
Sold Nov 2020
£690,000
Versus other Chester Road homes
Village Farm is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
Price per m²
£3,073
Street avg £2,800
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 155 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 8.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
D Park School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Daresbury Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.3dB







