17 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, Pontefract, WF8 4DB
About 17 Queens Hotel Apartments
17 Queens Hotel Apartments is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Pontefract (WF8 4DB). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (October 2018) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 53 m² this is the 6th smallest of 24 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–95 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 24 units on file. Period features are noted in the property record.
Across 2012–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £106,000 sits 51.4% above the 2022 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£123/sq ft) was about 18% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £70,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- ParkingYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
17 Queens Hotel Apartments has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
17 Queens Hotel Apartments's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£106,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -1.8% per year over 10 years.
£70,000
Growth on file: -1.8% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
8 December 2022Most recent
£70,000
-16.7%over 10 years20 September 2012
£84,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF8 4DB: £70,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in WF8 4DB
10 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, Pontefract, WF8 4DB
Sold Jul 2025
£70,0009 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, Pontefract, WF8 4DB
Sold Feb 2024
£83,00015 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, Pontefract, WF8 4DB
Sold Jan 2024
£70,0001 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, Pontefract, WF8 4DB
Sold Dec 2023
£30,0002 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, Pontefract, WF8 4DB
Sold Aug 2023
£65,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Front Street homes
On price per m², 17 Queens Hotel Apartments stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£1,321
Street avg £1,112
Floor Area
53 m²
Street avg 62 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Pontefract Tanshelf Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School. 17 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.6dB