Pear Tree House, High Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AW
About Pear Tree House
Pear Tree House is a detached house in Whixley, York, York (YO26 8AW). It has a recorded floor area of 200 m² (around 2153 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows a G (score 6), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 63), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for tree works is awaiting a decision. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 200 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 26 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.
Energy performance
Pear Tree House 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 May 2023
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 12 May 2023
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Planning history
Planning history at Pear Tree House is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
2 applications on record at Pear Tree House, High Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AW
- Oct 2014Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Crown lift, crown thin, and removal of deadwood of 1 Tulip within the Whixley Conservation Area.
Conservation Area- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/03913/TCON
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksJun 2017Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Pear Tree House has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£721,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO26 8AW: £600,000 (2026–2025).
Nearby sales in YO26 8AW
Duckstone Cottage, High Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AW
Sold Feb 2026
£289,950Oaklands, High Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AW
Sold Jan 2026
£4,800,000Willow Barn, High Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AW
Sold Oct 2025
£600,000Fir Tree Farm, High Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AW
Sold Oct 2025
£752,500Hale Cottage, High Street, Whixley, York, YO26 8AW
Sold Sept 2025
£239,472
Versus other High Street homes
EPC Rating for Pear Tree House lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
6 (G)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
200 m²
Street avg 144 m²
CO₂ Emissions
19.0 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
159/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Stone Gate — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 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
46.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB







