Box Tree Cottage, Church End, Sheriff Hutton, York, YO60 6SY
About Box Tree Cottage
Box Tree Cottage is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Sheriff Hutton, York, York (YO60 6SY). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 899 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2008) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since June 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 84 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2000–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 24.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £278,000 sits 85.3% above the 2002 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£167/sq ft) was about 26.7% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Energy performance
Box Tree 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Nov 2018
EPC Rating
Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at Box Tree Cottage.
- Aug 2017ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Erection of a two storey extension to rear elevation
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/00703/HOUSE
- Mar 2016OutbuildingFullIn report
Erection of timber framed summer house in rear garden
- Reference
- 16/00146/HOUSE
What's in Box Tree Cottage, Church End, Sheriff Hutton, York, YO60 6SY's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Box Tree Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£278,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 24.9% per year over 2 years.
£150,000
Growth on file: 24.9% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
13 June 2002Most recent
£150,000
+63.0%over 2 years2 April 2000
£92,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO60 6SY: £350,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in YO60 6SY
3 East End Cottages, Church End, Sheriff Hutton, York, YO60 6SY
Sold Mar 2025
£232,5002 Forge Cottages, Church End, Sheriff Hutton, York, YO60 6SY
Sold Dec 2024
£435,000High Cottage, Church End, Sheriff Hutton, York, YO60 6SY
Sold Jul 2024
£420,0004 East End Cottages, Church End, Sheriff Hutton, York, YO60 6SY
Sold Jan 2022
£200,000Cobblestones, Church End, Sheriff Hutton, York, YO60 6SY
Sold Sept 2021
£217,000
Everything we know about Box Tree Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Church End homes
Price per m² for Box Tree Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,796
Street avg £3,049
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 6.5 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Cobble Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Sheriff Hutton Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB