6 Smithy Green, Huddersfield Road, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3TG
About 6 Smithy Green
6 Smithy Green is an end-of-terrace house in Newhey, Rochdale, Rochdale (OL16 3TG). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2023) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in June 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Very Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 106).
At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £312,000 sits 115.2% above the 2022 sale of £145,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 35.9% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Sold January 2022 for £145,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
6 Smithy Green ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
High performance glazing installed
Cavity wall insulation installed
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Level 3 Building Survey
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Planning history
3 applications on record at 6 Smithy Green, Huddersfield Road, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3TG
- Mar 2018ConversionFullOutcome in report
Conversion of existing commercial office and dwelling to form 3 dwellings together with external works to upgrade existing car parking
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/01311/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsFeb 2021Decision
- ConditionsJan 2021Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£312,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£145,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 January 2022Most recent
£145,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in OL16 3TG: £148,500 (2023–1996).
Nearby sales in OL16 3TG
5 Smithy Green, Huddersfield Road, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3TG
Sold Mar 2023
£200,0003 Smithy Green, Huddersfield Road, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3TG
Sold Sept 2021
£197,0004 Smithy Green, Huddersfield Road, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3TG
Sold Apr 2021
£100,0001 Smithy Green, Huddersfield Road, Newhey, Rochdale, OL16 3TG
Sold Mar 1996
£40,000
Versus other Huddersfield Road homes
6 Smithy Green outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,058
Street avg £1,439
Floor Area
137 m²
Street avg 97 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 11 years
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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
1.1 km
Peppermint Bridge Terminus — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
St Thomas' Church of England Primary School. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB







