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Get startedThe Old Library is a detached house in Shawforth, Rochdale, Rochdale (OL12 8HA). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in January 1998. 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 £270,000 sits 294.2% above the 1998 sale of £68,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£47/sq ft) was about 42.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2012. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 134 m² it's 28.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (104 m² median across 12 EPCs).
The Old Library's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Change of Use from residential care centre for children with learning difficulties (C2) to Residential (C3)
The Old Library's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£270,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£68,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Years Held for The Old Library runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£511
Street avg £1,272
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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30 January 1998Most recent
£68,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL12 8HA: £200,000 (2025–2018).
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
Chapel — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB
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