Whetstone Edge Farm, Redshell Lane, Belthorn, Blackburn BB1 2PH

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 337 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DB for £23,800 · £11,900 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Hot water cylinder insulation£200 – £400£1961.5 yrs+4.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£21321.2 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches C
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£23021.8 yrs+4.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£17828.0 yrs+3.7 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£24836.2 yrs+5.1 pts · reaches B
Wind turbine(optional, beyond B)£15,000 – £25,000£19050+ yrs+3.9 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£3,435
per year at grade D
£2,179
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,066 a year — a 4.5% annual return on £23,800.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2020, states £2,311 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

25 June 2021£825,000
16 February 2007£430,000
6 October 2000£225,000

Estimated today: £1,047,408 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Redshell Lane: 3 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Belthorn Academy Primary SchoolPrimary0.7 mi
Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Oswaldtwistle Hippings Methodist Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
RhyddingsSecondary2.1 miProgress 8 -0.87 · well below average (2023/24)
Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, HyndburnSecondary2.4 miProgress 8 +0.38 · above average (2023/24)
Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary AcademySecondary2.4 miAttainment 8 37.2 · no Progress 8 published

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

18
crimes a month
198
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 29% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025054, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.