Forge Cottage, Forge Lane, Wortley, Barnsley S35 7DN

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 160 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and underfloor heating, LPG, Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

FD for £13,000 · £6,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£350 – £450£844.8 yrs+2.5 pts
High-performance doors£2,000 – £0£1835.5 yrs+5.6 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£3176.6 yrs+9.6 pts · reaches E
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£21221.2 yrs+6.4 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£22921.8 yrs+7.0 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £6,000£17828.1 yrs+5.4 pts
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond D)£4,000 – £14,000£24836.3 yrs+7.5 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

£2,812
per year at grade F
£1,361
per year at grade D

The full plan saves £1,025 a year — a 7.9% annual return on £13,000.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill.

Sold prices

19 January 2024£250,000

Estimated today: £271,891 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Forge Lane: 11 sales since 1995 · £250,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Thurgoland Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Deepcar St John's Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Royd Nursery and Infant SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Stocksbridge High SchoolSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 -0.77 · well below average (2023/24)
Trinity Academy St. EdwardsSecondary3.6 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Penistone Grammar SchoolSecondary4.2 miProgress 8 +0.33 · 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.

6.2
crimes a month
56
in the last 12 months
Anti-social behaviour
most common · 21% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01007422, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Forge Lane

How this home sits against its street.

9
graded homes
54.6
average score
D
most common grade
-30.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.