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Get started10 Rectory Court is a four-bedroom detached house in Kirk Smeaton, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF8 3SP). It has a recorded floor area of 234 m² (around 2519 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on lpg.
Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in April 2004. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 45.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £589,000 sits 68.3% above the 2004 sale of £350,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£139/sq ft) was about 22.9% below the postcode norm. At 234 m² the property is well over the postcode median (116 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, a conservatory and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.
10 Rectory Court's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
10 Rectory Court sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
Proposed felling of 1 No White Pine tree in the conservation area
10 Rectory Court's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2002).
£589,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 45.2% per year over 2 years.
£350,000
Growth on file: 45.2% per year over 2 years.
10 Rectory Court is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,496
Street avg £2,254
Floor Area
234 m²
Street avg 128 m²
Habitable Rooms
12 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
46.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Application to fell 1No. Lime (T1) and 1No. Cherry (T2) in the conservation area
1 more application for this property
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30 April 2004Most recent
£350,000
+94.4%over 1 year19 July 2002
£180,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF8 3SP: £287,000 (2016–2005).
17 Rectory Court Kirk Smeaton Pontefract
Sold Dec 2016
2 Rectory Court Kirk Smeaton Pontefract
Sold Nov 2014
8 Rectory Court Kirk Smeaton Pontefract
Sold Mar 2009
4 Rectory Court Kirk Smeaton Pontefract
Sold Mar 2008
6 Rectory Court Kirk Smeaton Pontefract
Sold Sept 2004
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
WF8 3RH
Rectory Court — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Kirk Smeaton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB
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