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Get started2 Beech Crescent is a four-bedroom detached house in Darrington, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF8 3AD). It has a recorded floor area of 176 m² (around 1894 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot and a basement. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band.
Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in July 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 176 m² the property is well over the postcode median (115 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £489,000 sits 95.6% above the 2007 sale of £249,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£132/sq ft) was about 41.2% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
2 Beech Crescent's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
A a side extension application was refused at 2 Beech Crescent in 2021.
Extension: Side of property
Part two storey part single storey side extension.
The latest sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market — a high-water reference point.
£489,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£249,995
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
2 Beech Crescent is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,420
Street avg £2,613
Floor Area
176 m²
Street avg 124 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.3dB

Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey extension to side
4 more applications for this property
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23 July 2007Most recent
£249,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF8 3AD: £320,000 (2025–2019).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
WF8 3RH
West End Farm Escourt Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Darrington Church of England Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB
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