The Old Shop, The Square, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5AA
About The Old Shop
The Old Shop is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Dobcross, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5AA). It has a recorded floor area of 127 m² (around 1367 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.
Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in March 1996. 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 £414,000 sits 318.2% above the 1996 sale of £99,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£72/sq ft) was about 59.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 127 m² it's 24.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 14 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
The Old Shop's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2011RenovationHeritageIn report
Installation of replacement windows.
- Agent
- Wildesign
New Windows- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- LB/059265/11
- Jan 2011RenovationHeritageIn report
Replacement of 8 existing windows
New Windows- Reference
- LB/059106/10
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Sales history & valuation
The Old Shop's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£414,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£99,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 March 1996Most recent
£99,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OL3 5AA: £207,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in OL3 5AA
Everything we know about The Old Shop, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other The Square homes
Price per m² for The Old Shop lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£780
Street avg £2,770
Floor Area
127 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Dobcross Square — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Holy Trinity CofE Dobcross Primary School. 9 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB