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3 sales on record
About The Old Barn
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
The Old Barn is a five-bedroom detached house in Hessay, York, York (YO26 8JR). It has a recorded floor area of 247 m² (around 2659 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1991-1995. The latest certificate (June 2012) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced York HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £753,000 is 14.1% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£248/sq ft) was about 18.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 247 m² the property is well over the postcode median (133 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £660,000 in June 2019.
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
- Bedrooms5
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
The Old Barn'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Jun 2022
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against The Old Barn, Main Street, Hessay, York, YO26 8JR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at The Old Barn.
- Oct 2008ExtensionFullApprove
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension
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 1999.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£753,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 20 years.
Last sold (2019)
£660,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Main Street homes
Four headline reads against 25 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On habitable rooms, The Old Barn stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,672
Street avg £2,919
Floor Area
247 m²
Street avg 163 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor 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.
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· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 18 points of interest in total.
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Common questions
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