23 Birch Royd, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0TF
About 23 Birch Royd
23 Birch Royd is a detached house in Rothwell, Leeds, Leeds (LS26 0TF). It has a recorded floor area of 289 m² (around 3111 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since November 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 289 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £748,000 sits 109.2% above the 2003 sale of £357,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£115/sq ft) was about 44.6% below the postcode norm.
Energy performance
23 Birch Royd 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Feb 2024
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 18 February 2024
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Planning history
23 Birch Royd has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
23 Birch Royd valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£748,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£357,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 November 2003Most recent
£357,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LS26 0TF: £265,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in LS26 0TF
22 Birch Royd, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0TF
Sold Dec 2025
£265,00020 Birch Royd, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0TF
Sold Dec 2025
£445,00019 Birch Royd, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0TF
Sold Sept 2022
£378,00015 Birch Royd, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0TF
Sold Oct 2020
£215,00021 Birch Royd, Rothwell, Leeds, LS26 0TF
Sold Oct 2019
£234,995
Versus other Birch Royd homes
Price per m² for 23 Birch Royd lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,237
Street avg £2,490
Floor Area
289 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
182/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Royds Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Rothwell St Mary's RC Primary School. 11 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB







