Huntsmans Cottage, Wentbridge Lane, Thorpe Audlin, Pontefract, WF8 3EH
About Huntsmans Cottage
Huntsmans Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Thorpe Audlin, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF8 3EH). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 104), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel.
At 79 m² it's 23.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 7 EPCs).
Energy performance
Huntsmans Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Huntsmans Cottage has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Huntsmans Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£199,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF8 3EH: £410,000 (2023–2003).
Nearby sales in WF8 3EH
4 Wentbridge Lane, Thorpe Audlin, Pontefract, WF8 3EH
Sold Sept 2023
£410,000Hillthorpe Manor, Wentbridge Lane, Thorpe Audlin, Pontefract, WF8 3EH
Sold Jun 2021
£730,000Hillthorpe, Wentbridge Lane, Thorpe Audlin, Pontefract, WF8 3EH
Sold Feb 2021
£675,0002 Wentbridge Lane, Thorpe Audlin, Pontefract, WF8 3EH
Sold Nov 2010
£360,000
Versus other Wentbridge Lane homes
On floor area, Huntsmans Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
47 (E)
Street avg 41 (E)
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 153 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 10.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
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.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.5dB







