304 Market Street, Shawforth, Rochdale, OL12 8HA
About 304 Market Street
304 Market Street is a mid-terrace house in Shawforth, Rochdale, Rochdale (OL12 8HA). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 54). The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since March 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 87 m² it's 21.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £150,000 sits 294.7% above the 2000 sale of £38,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£41/sq ft) was about 51.2% below the postcode norm.
Energy performance
304 Market Street 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Jul 2019
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Planning history
304 Market Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
304 Market Street's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£150,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£38,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 March 2000Most recent
£38,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL12 8HA: £200,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in OL12 8HA
306 Market Street, Shawforth, Rochdale, OL12 8HA
Sold Oct 2025
£200,000288 Market Street, Shawforth, Rochdale, OL12 8HA
Sold Oct 2025
£215,0002 The Manse, Market Street, Shawforth, Rochdale, OL12 8HA
Sold Jul 2023
£200,000280 Market Street, Shawforth, Rochdale, OL12 8HA
Sold Jul 2018
£137,500Crespen, Market Street, Shawforth, Rochdale, OL12 8HA
Sold Dec 2016
£195,000
Versus other Market Street homes
304 Market Street is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£437
Street avg £1,279
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 5.8 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
0.1 km
Chapel — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB







