1 Garden Cottage, Church Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AR
About 1 Garden Cottage
1 Garden Cottage is a detached house in Whixley, York, York (YO26 8AR). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in May 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £441,000 sits 267.5% above the 2000 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£77/sq ft) was about 72.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Energy performance
1 Garden Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Garden Cottage has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Jul 2023RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed Building application for replacement painted timber windows.
- Agent
- Kirby Joinery Ltd
ListedNew Windows- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- ZC23/01762/LB
- Jun 2011RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed building application for external works to include installation of 2 roof lights and internal works to include installation of access ladder and formation of opening in wall.
Listed- Documents
- 23 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/01007/LB
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Sales history & valuation
1 Garden Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£441,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£120,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 May 2000Most recent
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO26 8AR: £450,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in YO26 8AR
1 Whixley Mews, Church Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AR
Sold Oct 2025
£400,0002 Whixley Mews, Church Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AR
Sold Feb 2025
£375,000Church Farm, Church Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AR
Sold Jul 2024
£990,000Werribee Cottage, Church Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AR
Sold Dec 2023
£450,000Ascension House, Church Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AR
Sold Nov 2022
£650,000
Versus other Church Street homes
1 Garden Cottage is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£828
Street avg £4,483
Floor Area
145 m²
Street avg 158 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 7.7 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
0.2 km
Stone Gate — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
Green Hammerton Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB







