Barn Cottage, Main Street, Hessay, York, YO26 8JR
About Barn Cottage
Barn Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Hessay, York, York (YO26 8JR). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2003-2006. The property has solar panels and underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
10 years since the last transfer (February 2016). Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £436,000 is 39.7% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 30.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 105 m² it's 27.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (145 m² median across 27 EPCs).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- FireplaceYes
Building
- Underfloor heatingYes
- Solar panelsYes
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Barn Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 Mar 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
Barn Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£436,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 17 years.
£312,000
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
11 February 2016Most recent
£312,000
+15.6%over 10 years6 October 2005
£270,000
+13.9%over 1 year4 May 2004
£237,000
+53.9%over 2 years23 May 2001
£154,000
+62.1%over 2 years27 August 1998
£95,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO26 8JR: £300,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in YO26 8JR
2 Main Street, Hessay, York, YO26 8JR
Sold Oct 2025
£280,000Fieldside House, Main Street, Hessay, York, YO26 8JR
Sold Jul 2024
£625,0001 Rupert Court, Main Street, Hessay, York, YO26 8JR
Sold Jul 2022
£300,000Dovecote, Main Street, Hessay, York, YO26 8JR
Sold Nov 2021
£625,000Applewood, Main Street, Hessay, York, YO26 8JR
Sold Aug 2021
£840,000
Versus other Main Street homes
CO₂ Emissions for Barn Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,971
Street avg £2,901
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 169 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 8.1 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
0.1 km
Hessay Methodist Chapel — bus stop.
Closest school
1.8 km
Rufforth Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB







