Priory House, Apartment 6, Priory Street, York, YO1 6BY

Priory House is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in York (YO1 6BY). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. Tenure is freehold. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. At 75 m² this is the 6th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in Priory House, where floor areas span 31–84 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 (30 versus a best of 67). The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 75 m² it's 17.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2006–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£390/sq ft) was about 55.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2024 for £315,000.