What type of property is 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB?

21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB is a detached house.

When did 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB last change hands?

21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB last sold for £92,000 in March 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £100,000 in August 2012. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB?

Across 3 sales between August 2012 and March 2022, 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB fell from £100,000 to £92,000, a change of £8,000. That works out to roughly -0.9% per year compounded over 10 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB have?

The current EPC rating for 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB is D with a score of 59 out of 100, lodged in January 2015. The assessor estimates the property could reach a C. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB?

21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (818 sq ft). That makes it about 27% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in WF8 4DB. Source: EPC Register.

How is 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB heated?

The latest EPC at 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB records electricity as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB?

21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB is in council tax band B. That sits at the lower end of the A-H ladder, typically reflecting smaller floor areas or lower 1991 valuations.

Where is 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB located?

21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB sits in Pontefract. It falls within the WF8 postcode district.

How safe is the area around 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB?

Police records around 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB show an average of 4 reported crimes per month over the last 9 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 62% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB?

The closest primary school to 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (241m), one of 12 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is New College Pontefract (458m), with 5 secondaries in the surrounding area.

What transport links are near 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB?

The closest rail stop to 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, WF8 4DB is Pontefract Tanshelf Rail Station, 109m away. The nearest bus option is Halfpenny Lane Camp Mount, 114m away.

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

3 sales on record

Property type

Detached

Floor 3rd

Habitable rooms

From EPC

Floor area

76 m²

818 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 59

Council tax

Band B

Tenure

Private Rental

Overview

About 21 Queens Hotel Apartments

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

21 Queens Hotel Apartments is a detached house in Pontefract (WF8 4DB). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. At 76 m² this is the 18th 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. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 76 m² it's 24.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 23 EPCs). Across 2012–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at -0.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £111,000 is 20.7% above the 2022 sale price. Sold March 2022 for £92,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

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Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

21 Queens Hotel Apartments's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Jan 2025

EPC Rating

D59

Main Heating

Electric

Main Fuel

Electric

Hot Water

Very Poor

Windows

Very Poor

CO2 Emissions

3.3 t/year

Occupancy

Rented

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 21 Queens Hotel Apartments, Front Street, Pontefract, WF8 4DB, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

21 Queens Hotel Apartments has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

1applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

21 Queens Hotel Apartments saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.

Current estimate

£111,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -0.9% per year over 10 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£92,000

Growth on file: -0.9% per year over 10 years.

Sales timeline

18 March 2022Most recent
£92,000
-9.4%over 8 years
28 October 2013
£101,538
+1.5%over 1 year
16 August 2012
£100,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in WF8 4DB: £70,000 (2025–2023).

Nearby sales in WF8 4DB

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On the street

Versus other Front Street homes

Four headline reads against 23 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Habitable Rooms for 21 Queens Hotel Apartments runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£1,211

Street avg £1,117

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Floor Area

76 m²

Street avg 61 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

3.3 t/year

Street avg 3.1 t/year

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Comparables

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Area

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.

Full Pontefract report

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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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around WF8 4DB from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

54.1dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for WF8 4DB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

44.6dB

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