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About Old Mill House
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Old Mill House is a detached house in Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF8 3LD). It has a recorded floor area of 218 m² (around 2347 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1976-1982. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 218 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£213/sq ft) was about 20.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Old Mill House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E47
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
12.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Old Mill House, Water Lane, Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract, WF8 3LD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Feb 2023ConservatoryFullGranted
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£531,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2022)
£500,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Water Lane homes
Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On co₂ emissions, Old Mill House runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,294
Street avg £2,312
Floor Area
218 m²
Street avg 160 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Pontefract district page.
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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around WF8 3LD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.3dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 29 points of interest in total.
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