4 Old School Lane, Blakesley, Towcester, NN12 8RS
About 4 Old School Lane
4 Old School Lane is a mid-terrace house in Blakesley, Towcester, Towcester (NN12 8RS). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on oil.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 168 m² it's 27.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (132 m² median across 37 EPCs). Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£324/sq ft) was about 33.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £585,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
4 Old School Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
4 Old School Lane has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Feb 2018Change of UseFullIn report
Change of Use from Workshop / Garage to Single Dwelling.
- Documents
- 24 docs on file
- Reference
- S/2017/2676/FUL
- Jul 2013ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Replacement single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- S/2013/0674/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
4 Old School Lane has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2012.
£617,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.8% per year over 8 years.
£585,000
Growth on file: 10.8% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
18 March 2021Most recent
£585,000
+134.0%over 8 years22 November 2012
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NN12 8RS: £315,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in NN12 8RS
4c, Old School Lane, Blakesley, Towcester, NN12 8RS
Sold Jul 2025
£295,00021 Old School Lane, Blakesley, Towcester, NN12 8RS
Sold Aug 2024
£192,50039 Old School Lane, Blakesley, Towcester, NN12 8RS
Sold Dec 2023
£485,00025 Old School Lane, Blakesley, Towcester, NN12 8RS
Sold Jun 2022
£315,00040 Old School Lane, Blakesley, Towcester, NN12 8RS
Sold Apr 2021
£605,000
Everything we know about 4 Old School Lane, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Old School Lane homes
On years held, 4 Old School Lane runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,482
Street avg £3,125
Floor Area
168 m²
Street avg 139 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 9.1 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Shop — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Blakesley Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB