The Cottage, Ninevah Lane, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AP
About The Cottage
The Cottage is a detached house in Badsworth, Pontefract, Pontefract (WF9 1AP). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 66), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
Held since August 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 99 m² it sits well below the postcode median (187 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £808,000 is 41.8% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£535/sq ft) was about 157.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
The Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
The Cottage has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at The Cottage, Ninevah Lane, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AP
- Aug 2010ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
First floor extension to side
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 10/01204/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
The Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£808,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£570,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 August 2006Most recent
£570,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in WF9 1AP: £380,000 (2022–2017).
Nearby sales in WF9 1AP
Croft View, Ninevah Lane, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AP
Sold Jul 2022
£570,000Fairview, Ninevah Lane, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AP
Sold Jul 2022
£580,000The Tappets, Ninevah Lane, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AP
Sold Sept 2018
£380,000The Briars, Ninevah Lane, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AP
Sold May 2017
£340,000Ninevah House, Ninevah Lane, Badsworth, Pontefract, WF9 1AP
Sold May 2016
£560,000
Versus other Ninevah Lane homes
Price per m² for The Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,758
Street avg £2,414
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 187 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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
0.3 km
New Rd Back Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB







