Spring Cottage, Boroughbridge Road, Green Hammerton, York, YO26 8AE
About Spring Cottage
Spring Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Green Hammerton, York, York (YO26 8AE). It has a recorded floor area of 199 m² (around 2145 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 43). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since June 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 199 m² the property is well over the postcode median (151 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 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 2018. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £602,000 is 45.1% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£193/sq ft) was about 17% below the postcode norm.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
Spring Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 31 Mar 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
Spring Cottage has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2018ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Erection of single storey extension.
- Agent
- SRH DESIGN SOLUTIONS
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/00791/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Spring Cottage saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£602,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 7 years.
£415,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
15 June 2010Most recent
£415,000
+3.0%over 6 years1 June 2004
£403,000
+31.1%over 1 year15 January 2003
£307,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO26 8AE: £180,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in YO26 8AE
Cobblers Cottage, Boroughbridge Road, Green Hammerton, York, YO26 8AE
Sold Jul 2025
£200,000Beck House, Boroughbridge Road, Green Hammerton, York, YO26 8AE
Sold Jun 2019
£770,000Beech Cottage, Boroughbridge Road, Green Hammerton, York, YO26 8AE
Sold Mar 2018
£410,000Caskill House, Boroughbridge Road, Green Hammerton, York, YO26 8AE
Sold Aug 2017
£975,000The Old Manse, Boroughbridge Road, Green Hammerton, York, YO26 8AE
Sold Jan 2015
£214,000
Versus other Boroughbridge Road homes
Spring Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,083
Street avg £2,876
Floor Area
199 m²
Street avg 199 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Rosedale Cottage — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Green Hammerton Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.5dB







