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Get startedHillthorpe is a semi-detached house in Thorpe Audlin, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF8 3EH). It has a recorded floor area of 335 m² (around 3606 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £773,000 is 14.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£187/sq ft) was about 25.5% below the postcode norm. At 335 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2022. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £675,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Hillthorpe's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
Subdivision of existing dwelling to create 1no. additional dwelling (second floor flat)
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£773,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 20 years.
£675,000
Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 20 years.
Hillthorpe is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£2,015
Street avg £3,164
Floor Area
335 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 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
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.8dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
Heating controls changed
More low energy lighting installed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
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26 February 2021Most recent
£675,000
+93.8%over 20 years19 February 2001
£348,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF8 3EH: £360,000 (2023–1997).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.9 t/year
Street avg 9.4 t/year
WF8 3RH
Doncaster Rd Causeway Garth Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.5dB
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