High Barn, Aughton, Lancaster LA2 8LU

Detached house · Built 1976-1982 · 237 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, wood pellets

Upgrade Plan

DB for £41,900 · £20,950 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£3489.8 yrs+6.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£32214.0 yrs+5.8 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£27018.5 yrs+4.9 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£37723.9 yrs+6.8 pts
Wind turbine£15,000 – £25,000£28950+ yrs+5.2 pts · reaches B

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

£5,109
per year at grade D
£3,503
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £1,606 a year — a 3.8% annual return on £41,900.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Hornby St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Caton Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Carnforth High SchoolSecondary3.5 miProgress 8 -0.29 · below average (2023/24)
Lancaster High SchoolSecondary5.0 miProgress 8 -0.61 · well below average (2023/24)
Lancaster Royal Grammar SchoolSecondary5.5 miProgress 8 +0.59 · well above average (2023/24)

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.

5.5
crimes a month
55
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 38% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01025109, 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.