12 Barden Road, Wakefield, WF1 4HP
About 12 Barden Road
12 Barden Road is a semi-detached house in Wakefield (WF1 4HP). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on house coal.
At 86 m² it's 21.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 42 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £140,000 sits 100% above the 2018 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£76/sq ft) was about 32% below the postcode norm. On the market in May 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.
Energy performance
12 Barden Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
12 Barden Road has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
4 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
12 Barden Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£140,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£70,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 May 2018Most recent
£70,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF1 4HP: £130,000 (2025–2019).
Versus other Barden Road homes
On co₂ emissions, 12 Barden Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£814
Street avg £1,268
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.6 t/year
Street avg 3.6 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
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Linton Rd Park Lodge Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Outwood Academy City Fields. 15 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB







