2 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, Pontefract, WF8 4DB

2 Queens Hotel Apartments is a one-bedroom detached house in Pontefract (WF8 4DB). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 87 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across 2 Queens Hotel Apartments (58–87 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (27 versus a best of 59). The latest certificate (August 2023) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2013); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 87 m² the property is well over the postcode median (61 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £102,000 sits 56.9% above the 2023 sale of £65,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 34.7% below the postcode norm. Sold August 2023 for £65,000.