2 Essex Street, Rochdale, OL11 1EJ
About 2 Essex Street
2 Essex Street is a mid-terrace house in Rochdale (OL11 1EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since January 2015. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.
It hasn't traded since March 1996, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £132,000 sits 312.5% above the 1996 sale of £32,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£38/sq ft) was about 54.1% below the postcode norm. At 79 m² it's 27.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (62 m² median across 16 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Certificate validity
Valid until 1 November 2026
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Planning history
1 application on record at 2 Essex Street, Rochdale, OL11 1EJ
- Feb 2017RenovationFullOutcome in report
Application of external insulated textured render to all elevations of 2-30 Essex Street
- Reference
- 17/00200/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
2 Essex Street's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£132,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£32,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 March 1996Most recent
£32,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL11 1EJ: £80,000 (2026–2020).
Nearby sales in OL11 1EJ
Versus other Essex Street homes
2 Essex Street is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£405
Street avg £1,059
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 63 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Milkstone Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy. 36 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.4dB