Tall Tree Cottage, Chapel Lane, Brayton, Selby, YO8 9EE
About Tall Tree Cottage
Tall Tree Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Brayton, Selby, Selby (YO8 9EE). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 188 m² the property is well over the postcode median (143 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. It changed hands recently, sold May 2025 for £458,000. Across 2008–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£226/sq ft) was about 29.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Garagedouble
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Tall Tree Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Tall Tree Cottage has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
Tall Tree Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£484,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.9% per year over 17 years.
£458,000
Growth on file: 3.9% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
13 May 2025Most recent
£458,000
+94.9%over 17 years4 January 2008
£235,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in YO8 9EE: £362,500 (2020–2017).
Nearby sales in YO8 9EE
Elm Tree Cottage, Chapel Lane, Brayton, Selby, YO8 9EE
Sold Jan 2020
£390,000The Snug, Chapel Lane, Brayton, Selby, YO8 9EE
Sold Jul 2019
£215,0001 2 Park View, Chapel Lane, Brayton, Selby, YO8 9EE
Sold Mar 2019
£480,000The Cottage, Chapel Lane, Brayton, Selby, YO8 9EE
Sold Feb 2018
£145,000Inglewood, Chapel Lane, Brayton, Selby, YO8 9EE
Sold Mar 2017
£362,500
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Versus other Chapel Lane homes
On years held, Tall Tree Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,436
Street avg £2,088
Floor Area
188 m²
Street avg 167 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Meadow Croft — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Brayton Church of England Primary School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.0dB