Rope Cottage, Cheetham Street, Blackburn, BB2 1QQ
About Rope Cottage
Rope Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Blackburn (BB2 1QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 539 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (April 2011) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since January 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (80 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £128,000 sits 113.3% above the 2006 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£111/sq ft) was about 235.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
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Energy performance
Rope Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Apr 2021
EPC Rating
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919 and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
From £820 · Includes VAT
Planning history
Rope Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Rope Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£128,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£60,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 January 2006Most recent
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BB2 1QQ: £75,000 (2024–2009).
Nearby sales in BB2 1QQ
Versus other Cheetham Street homes
Rope Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,198
Street avg £700
Floor Area
50 m²
Street avg 85 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
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Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Lancaster Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 42 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.0dB