The Old Vicarage, Blanche Street, Rochdale, OL12 0EJ
About The Old Vicarage
The Old Vicarage is a detached house in Rochdale (OL12 0EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 319 m² (around 3434 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).
At 319 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £487,000 is 14.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£123/sq ft) was about 41.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £424,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
The Old Vicarage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Because the property was built before 1919 and is a large detached home over 300m², we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
The Old Vicarage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on The Old Vicarage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£487,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£424,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 September 2021Most recent
£424,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL12 0EJ: £113,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in OL12 0EJ
Versus other Blanche Street homes
The Old Vicarage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,329
Street avg £1,106
Floor Area
319 m²
Street avg 71 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
16.0 t/year
Street avg 3.6 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Blanche Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
All Saints Church of England Primary School. 29 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB







