Barlow Grange Cottage, East Common Lane, Barlow, Selby, YO8 8EG
About Barlow Grange Cottage
Barlow Grange Cottage is a semi-detached house in Barlow, Selby, Selby (YO8 8EG). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1286 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in January 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 120 m² it sits well below the postcode median (200 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £355,000 is 42% above the 2008 sale price.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Barlow Grange Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 Mar 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
Barlow Grange Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2013ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
House extension notification for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a rear projection of 4.6 metres, eaves height of 2.4 metres and a maximum height of 4.0 metres
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 2013/0844/HEN
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Barlow Grange Cottage was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£355,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.6% per year over 4 years.
£250,000
Growth on file: 8.6% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
23 January 2008Most recent
£250,000
+5.6%over 1 year16 August 2006
£236,750
+35.3%over 2 years25 September 2003
£175,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO8 8EG: £510,000 (2024–2016).
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Sold Aug 2020
£450,000Barley Cottage, East Common Lane, Barlow, Selby, YO8 8EG
Sold Oct 2019
£510,000Ross Carr Farm, East Common Lane, Barlow, Selby, YO8 8EG
Sold Oct 2018
£520,000Willow Tree Barn, East Common Lane, Barlow, Selby, YO8 8EG
Sold Nov 2015
£375,000
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- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other East Common Lane homes
EPC Rating for Barlow Grange Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
48 (E)
Street avg 67 (D)
Floor Area
120 m²
Street avg 201 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 7.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
1.2 km
Playing Fields — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Staynor Hall Primary Academy. 9 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB