What type of property is 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF is a 2-bedroom end-of-terrace house.

What was the last sold price for 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF last sold for £227,000 in July 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £152,000 in March 2015. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

Across 3 sales between March 2015 and July 2022, 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF rose from £152,000 to £227,000, a change of £75,000. That works out to roughly +5.7% per year compounded over 7 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF have?

The current EPC rating for 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF is E with a score of 39 out of 100, lodged in November 2014. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (721 sq ft), around 34 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 30% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in WF9 1AF. Source: EPC Register.

How is 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF heated?

The latest EPC at 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What council tax band is 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF is in council tax band C.

Where is 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF located?

1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF sits in Badsworth, Pontefract, Pontefract. It falls within the WF9 postcode district.

How safe is the area around 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

Police records around 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF show an average of 390 reported crimes per month over the last 13 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 45% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is falling (22% versus the prior period). Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

The closest primary school to 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF is Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School (98m), one of 4 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Minsthorpe Community College (3.0km).

How well connected is 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF?

The closest bus stop to 1 The Cottages, Main Street, WF9 1AF is Badsworth Church, 48m away. In total there are 30 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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1 The Cottages, Main Street, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AF

3 sales on record

Estimated value

£241,000

Since the 2022 sale (£227,000)+6%
Against WF9 1AF's recent median (£335,000)-28%

Newest record on this page: April 2026. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.

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Property type

End terrace

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

67 m²

721 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 39

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

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Valuation

About this valuation

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Our estimate

£241,000

Against its 2022 sale (£227,000)+6%
Against WF9 1AF's recent median (£335,000)-28%

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How the estimate is made

The estimate for 1 The Cottages is modelled from its 67 m² EPC floor area, its 3 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in WF9 1AF. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.

What it's based on

Floor area
67 m² from the EPC lodged in November 2014
Sales of this home
3 sales recorded, the latest in 2022
Recent sales in WF9 1AF
5 sales, median £335,000 (2026–2020)

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Planning	None on this home	Full history, plus nearby schemes
Flood risk	Not shown	Included

Price

Sales history & valuation

Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.

1 The Cottages saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.

Sales timeline

5 July 2022Most recent
£227,000
+31.6%over 3 years
2 August 2018
£172,500
+13.5%over 3 years
20 March 2015
£152,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in WF9 1AF: £335,000 (2026–2020).

Nearby sales in WF9 1AF

Risks

What this page doesn't show

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Overview

About 1 The Cottages

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

1 The Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Badsworth, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF9 1AF). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 67 m² it's 20.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 23.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £227,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1

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Energy

Energy performance

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

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Nov 2024

Current Certificate

Nov 2014

EPC Rating

E39

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Average

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

5.9 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Expired on 10 November 2024

New assessment needed to sell or let

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 1 The Cottages, Main Street, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

1 The Cottages has no planning applications on record.

A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.

On the street

Versus other Main Street homes

Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On epc rating, 1 The Cottages runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£3,388

Street avg £3,676

Above

Floor Area

67 m²

Street avg 99 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

5.9 t/year

Street avg 5.0 t/year

Below

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

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

390/mo

Falling year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.0 km

Badsworth Church — bus stop.

Closest school

0.1 km

Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School. 5 schools nearby.

Nearest schools

Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary98m
Upton Primary SchoolPrimary2.2km
Ackworth Mill Dam SchoolPrimary2.7km
Ackworth Howard Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolPrimary2.9km

Nearest stops

Badsworth ChurchBus stop48m
Beaconfield Road Thorpe LnBus stop278m
New Rd Back LaneBus stop289m
Thorpe Lane Rogerthorpe ManorBus stop684m

Most reported crime locally

Violence & Sexual Offences2,301 reports45%
Anti-social Behaviour573 reports11%
Criminal Damage & Arson414 reports8%
Shoplifting364 reports7%

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around WF9 1AF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.6dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for WF9 1AF

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

39.4dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4

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Comparables

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Method

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Valuation method in detail

How the estimate is made: The estimate for 1 The Cottages is modelled from its 67 m² EPC floor area, its 3 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in WF9 1AF. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Where sold prices come from: Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 3 sales are recorded for 1 The Cottages. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
Reading the EPC: Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for 1 The Cottages was lodged in November 2014 at band E and expired in November 2024, so a new one is needed to sell or let. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
Planning records: Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. None is matched to 1 The Cottages. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
Area figures: Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 13 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 5 schools and 30 stops listed are measured in a straight line from WF9 1AF, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
Council tax band: 1 The Cottages is in council tax band C. Bands are set by the Valuation Office Agency from historic values (1 April 1991 in England, 1 April 2003 in Wales), not today's price; the amount you pay depends on the council's rate for the band.

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