7 Dewsbury Cottages, York, YO1 6HB
About 7 Dewsbury Cottages
7 Dewsbury Cottages is a three-bedroom detached house in York (YO1 6HB). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1049 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 97 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 4 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 £414,000 sits 65.6% above the 2014 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£238/sq ft) was about 22% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 12 years since the last transfer (February 2014).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
7 Dewsbury Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Sept 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
7 Dewsbury Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2014FullIn report
Variation of condition 2 of permitted application 13/02928/FUL to increase height of roof and install roof lights (retrospective)
- Agent
- Holland Brown Architects
Retrospective- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/01312/FUL
- Oct 2013ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Agent
- Holland Brown Architects
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/02928/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
7 Dewsbury Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£414,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£250,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 February 2014Most recent
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO1 6HB: £407,500 (2025–2017).
Versus other Dewsbury Cottages homes
EPC Rating for 7 Dewsbury Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,565
Street avg £4,239
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 61 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Nunnery Lane Car Park — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Scarcroft Primary School. 29 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.2dB







