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Barn Cottage, Main Street, Hessay, York, YO26 8JR

Solar panels5 sales on record
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
105 m²
1130 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 56
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Barn Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

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).

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms2
  • FireplaceYes

Building

  • Underfloor heatingYes
  • Solar panelsYes
  • Period featuresYes
  • RefurbishedYes
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

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

A
B
C
D
D56
E
F
G
Main Heating
Heat Pump
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
4.3 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Barn Cottage, Main Street, Hessay, York, YO26 8JR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Barn Cottage has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

3applications of note in the surrounding area

Before you offer

We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Barn Cottage

Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.

Current estimate

£436,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 17 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2016)

£312,000

Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 17 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 11 February 2016Most recent

    £312,000

    +15.6%over 10 years
  2. 6 October 2005

    £270,000

    +13.9%over 1 year
  3. 4 May 2004

    £237,000

    +53.9%over 2 years
  4. 23 May 2001

    £154,000

    +62.1%over 2 years
  5. 27 August 1998

    £95,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in YO26 8JR: £300,000 (2025–2022).

On the street

Versus other Main Street homes

Four headline reads against 26 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

CO₂ Emissions for Barn Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£2,971

Street avg £2,901

On par

Floor Area

105 m²

Street avg 169 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

4.3 t/year

Street avg 8.1 t/year

Strongly above
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Barn Cottage

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Larger development activity nearby
£14.99one-off

30-day money-back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the York district page.

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

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around YO26 8JR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for YO26 8JR

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

42.7dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for YO26 8JR

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.5dB

Low
55 dB
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80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Barn Cottage, Main Street, Hessay, York, YO26 8JR. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.