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Aveno permanent dossier · published 9 Aug 2026

Farnley Hey II

Farnley Tyas, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Original visual recordFarnley Hey II

Open the publisher’s live photography, floorplan and market particulars. Aveno does not copy protected media or leave a failed player in the dossier.

Architect
Peter Womersley
Architecture
Listed post-war modernism
Source
The Modern House
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Independent reading

Peter Womersley’s award-winning first house: a Grade II-listed 1954 experiment in split levels, landscape and the social life of modernism.

Farnley Hey is unquestionably Aveno material. The price case is less simple: £1.05m is 4.5% below a probable £1.10m same-property sale in May 2024, yet the marketed 221.4 m² and transaction/EPC-derived 248 m² records differ by 26.6 m². View it for the architecture; verify the title identity, measured area, consent history and original fabric before pricing it.

Remarkability97/100
Data readiness78/100
Ownership intensityHigh

Why this belongs in Aveno

Remarkable is
an evidence test.

Aveno admitted97remarkability / 100

A canonical work of British post-war domestic modernism with unusually strong independent recognition. Admitted with the 2024 transaction and floor-area conflict kept explicitly conditional.

Independent recognition25/25

Grade II · NHLE 1375671; RIBA bronze medal; extensive serious architectural publication.

Authorship + design20/20

Peter Womersley’s first completed project, designed for his brother and foundational to his later career.

Integrity + craft18/20

Exceptional original materials and fitted elements survive; documented later additions and alterations prevent a perfect score.

Rarity + innovation20/20

A pioneering post-war listed house whose open plan, double-height social space and landscape integration remain rare.

Setting + story14/15

The wooded Pennine valley, wedding-gift commission and influence on later Womersley commissions form a powerful, documented story.

Data-readiness audit · 78/100

Identity13/15

Named statutory and live-market identities reconcile; official UPRN/title bridge to the numbered sale remains absent.

Current market facts10/10

Live asking price, freehold tenure, accommodation and publisher floorplan are connected and dated.

Transaction history11/15

A recent probable same-property sale is found, but identity and non-standard-sale circumstances require official proof.

EPC + energy6/10

Certificate date and derived area are attributed; direct rating, recommendations and bills are missing.

Planning + heritage13/15

The statutory record is exceptional; the complete local consent chronology is not yet connected.

Environment + title7/10

Area flood/connectivity signals are available; title restrictions and property reports remain missing.

Comparable sales10/15

One adjacent size-known sale is usable as a density anchor, but not as a direct architectural comparable.

Operating costs8/10

Component ranges are explicit; tax band, bills, insurance quote and lifecycle evidence remain modelled.

Independent reasons
  • Grade II designation and Historic England’s statutory assessment independently establish national architectural interest.
  • Historic England’s Womersley monograph identifies it as the architect’s award-winning first building; contemporary professional press called it one of Britain’s outstanding modern houses.
  • Its double-height Dancefloor, split-level open plan, full-height glazing, York stone, mahogany and birch/gaboon surfaces survive as a coherent social and material proposition.
  • The house is an unusually early, influential British translation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s spatial and landscape ideas.
Data already strong
  • Exact statutory address, coordinates, architect, date and heritage designation
  • Live asking price, freehold tenure, accommodation and publisher floorplan
  • Recent local size-known transaction evidence and a probable same-property 2024 sale
  • Detailed statutory fabric, alteration and significance description
  • Area-level flood and connectivity context
Data still missing
  • The statutory name and numbered 2024 transaction are not yet locked by an official UPRN/title record
  • 221.4 m² marketed area conflicts with a 248 m² EPC/transaction-derived record
  • Direct EPC rating, VOA council-tax band, title restrictions and complete consent history are missing
  • No close market comparable shares the subject’s architectural authorship, listing and integrity

Aveno Decision Engine · live model

What does the evidence
change?

Current buyer actionVIEW — VERIFY BEFORE OFFER

The architectural case is exceptional and the ask is serious enough to justify a viewing. The title/UPRN match and measured-area reconciliation must be resolved before using the 2024 sale or a £/m² conclusion in negotiation.

Identity confidence92%

Farnley Hey, Honley Road, Farnley Tyas, Huddersfield, HD4 6TY
The exact named address, postcode, architect and accommodation reconcile across the statutory list and live listing. The 2024 ‘5 Farnley Hey’ transaction is a strong probable match, but its official UPRN/title bridge remains unresolved.

UPRNStill protected
01
Premium test

Is the asking premium supported?

Guide midpoint£1,050,000£4,743 / m²
versus
Local evidence benchmark£3,800 / m²1 size-known local sale
Subject vs unadjusted evidence24.8%
ReferenceDateAreaSold£/m²
6 Farnley HeyAdjacent address · HD4 6TYJan 2024250 m²£950,000£3,800
Resulting reference£942,278Not a valuation. It exposes how much premium the evidence must justify.

The references are not a surveyor-selected valuation set. Recency, condition, land, architecture and improvements are not fully adjusted. Aveno shows the gap instead of hiding it behind false precision.

02
True ownership load

The cost after the keys.

Five-year cost above purchase price£205,845–£385,465SDLT + acquisition checks + modelled running and replacement allowances. Mortgage interest and major defects excluded.
Council taxHolme Valley 2026/27 Band G–H envelope; the VOA band is not directly matched£4,119–£4,943modelled
Energy + water221–248 m² area envelope, extensive 1950s glazing and bills/direct EPC rating not supplied£4,500–£9,000modelled
Specialist insuranceGrade II, flat roof, extensive glazing and exceptional interiors; quotation required£3,000–£7,000modelled
Listed fabric + flat roofConservation-compatible timber, roof, brick, stone and glazing reserve; survey and lifecycle dates missing£10,000–£22,000modelled
Original interiors + systemsBespoke joinery, finishes, audio history and specialist repair rather than standard replacement£5,000–£12,000modelled
Grounds + drainageWooded valley-edge setting, terraces, drainage, access and boundaries; title/site area unverified£3,000–£8,000modelled
Verified SDLT at guide midpoint£48,750Annual ownership range£29,619–£62,943
03
Claim audit

Marketing claim → buyer consequence.

Evidence readiness64/100

Tap the evidence cards as if the seller supplied them. Aveno recalculates the decision—not the beauty.

INVESTIGATE FIRST
04
Property memory

The home’s price story.

17 May 2024£1,100,000Recorded sale · Freehold
-5% nominal uplift-2.1% annualised
Current guide midpoint£1,050,000Asking evidence, not a sale

This history does not prove fair value. It tells the buyer exactly how much of the current price must be explained by market growth, improvements, specification and scarcity.

Official evidence map

What is matched.
What is withheld.

Land Registry can establish sale history; EPC can reveal rated floor area and energy assumptions; Planning Data can surface constraints by UPRN or coordinate. A link alone is never counted as intelligence.

connected

Live market status

For sale at £1.05m · four bedrooms · freehold · checked 9 Aug 2026

Source ↗connected

Heritage + authorship

Grade II · NHLE 1375671 · Peter Womersley · 1954–55

Source ↗partial

Identity

Named statutory address locked; ‘5 Farnley Hey’ transaction bridge awaits official UPRN/title

Source ↗partial

Floor-area reconciliation

221.4 m² publisher floorplan vs 248 m² derived record · 12% conflict

Source ↗partial

Transaction memory

Probable £1.10m sale on 17 May 2024; official match and sale circumstances unresolved

Source ↗partial

EPC + energy

13 Feb 2024 certificate and 248 m² attributed; rating and bills still required

Source ↗partial

Planning + listed consent

Historic alterations recorded; complete local consent chronology not connected

Source ↗partial

Flood + connectivity

Area signal: very low flood risk, slow fixed line; property-level reports required

Source ↗

Published / verified

  1. Historic England identifies Farnley Hey, Honley Road, Farnley Tyas, HD4 6TY as Grade II list entry 1375671, first listed on 15 July 1998.
  2. The live sale source records £1.05m, four bedrooms, freehold tenure and Peter Womersley as architect.
  3. The publisher floorplan states 221.4 m² / 2,383 sq ft internal area, plus 37.6 m² / 405 sq ft of outbuildings.
  4. Historic England records a 1954–55 house by Peter Womersley for John Womersley and describes it as a famous, much-published early freely planned house in a fine setting.
  5. A Land Registry-derived record for 5 Farnley Hey shows a £1.10m freehold sale on 17 May 2024 and 248 m², but the official UPRN/title link to the named house is not yet retrieved.

Investigate next

  1. Obtain the official title register and UPRN to prove that the numbered 2024 transaction is the statutory named house and establish whether the sale was genuinely arm’s length.
  2. Commission a RICS measured survey to reconcile 221.4 m² marketed internal area with the 248 m² EPC/transaction-derived record before using any price-density conclusion.
  3. Commission a conservation-accredited survey of the flat roof, full-height glazing, timber frame, sand-lime brick, York stone and exceptional fitted interiors.
  4. Retrieve the full listed-building consent and planning chronology, including the extended balcony, conservatory and 1964–65 north-wing addition.
  5. Request the direct EPC certificate, three years of energy bills, an insurability indication and evidence of broadband alternatives to the slow fixed-line area signal.

Still unknown

  1. Official UPRN, title number and direct Land Registry confirmation of the 2024 same-property match
  2. Exact EPC rating, current utility consumption and council-tax band
  3. Measured site area, complete consent history, roof renewal dates and specialist insurance terms
Primary publisherThe Modern HouseOpen original source ↗

The live listing, photography and floorplan remain controlled by The Modern House. A previously referenced third-party film is deliberately not embedded because its player is unavailable. Historic England text is used under the Open Government Licence; no third-party photography is copied into Aveno. Third-party material remains the property of its publisher. The publisher does not endorse Aveno’s independent assessment.

Durable archive record

Versioned evidence.
Every claim traceable.

Record 1.0.0 · admission policy AAG-1.0. Facts, attributed claims, estimates and gaps remain separate.

Claim ledger7material claims with state, date and confidence
Source snapshots9typed observations with conflicts preserved
Change log2versioned amendments retained
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