79 Worcester Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Stourbridge (DY8 1AX). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£281/sq ft) was about 82.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 82 m² the property is well over the postcode median (62 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold September 2022 for £248,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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79 Worcester Street has no planning applications on record.
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Price for 79 Worcester Street has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£267,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 25 years.
£248,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 25 years.
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79 Worcester Street outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,024
Street avg £2,141
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Stourbridge Town Rail Station — railway station.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
28 September 2022Most recent
£248,000
+34.1%over 7 years6 November 2014
£185,000
+16.7%over 11 years3 October 2003
£158,500
+217.0%over 5 years28 November 1997
£50,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 1AX: £222,000 (2023–2018).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.4 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
DY8 1LA
Closest school
0.3 km
Greenfield Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.2dB