Garth House, Thorpe Lane, Cawood, Selby, YO8 3SG
About Garth House
Garth House is a five-bedroom detached house in Cawood, Selby, Selby (YO8 3SG). It has a recorded floor area of 357 m² (around 3843 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory and a self-contained annexe.
Held since April 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 357 m² the property is well over the postcode median (125 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £590,000 sits 68.6% above the 2006 sale of £350,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£91/sq ft) was about 49.1% below the postcode norm. 7 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, tree works, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Garagedouble
Building
- Heating systemoil
Energy performance
Garth House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Aug 2024Garage ConversionAmendmentIn report
Section 73 application to vary condition 02 of approval 2022/1431/HPA Erection of a garage with room in the roofspace and the conversion of former garage into habitable accommodation granted on 7 June 2023
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- ZG2024/0626/S73
- Jun 2023Garage ConversionFullIn report
Erection of a garage with room in the roofspace and the conversion of former garage into habitable accommodation
- Reference
- 2022/1431/HPA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Garth House valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£590,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£350,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 April 2006Most recent
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO8 3SG: £385,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in YO8 3SG
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Thorpe Lane homes
Garth House outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£980
Street avg £2,104
Floor Area
357 m²
Street avg 130 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 7.5 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Cornmill Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Cawood Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB