Lychgate Cottage, Church Road, Cauldon, Stoke On Trent, ST10 3EN
About Lychgate Cottage
Lychgate Cottage is a semi-detached house in Cauldon, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST10 3EN). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 986 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in April 2006. Across 1999–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £315,000 sits 70.3% above the 2006 sale of £185,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£188/sq ft) was about 64.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Lychgate Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 May 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
Lychgate Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Jan 2026PorchHeritageIn report
Listed building consent for replacement windows and front door, to replace front porch by an unenclosed tiled door canopy, to replace rainwater goods and external lighting and to remove TV antenna
ListedExtensionNew Windows- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- SMD/2025/0509
- Nov 2022PorchHeritageIn report
Construction of replacement porch and utility room.
Extension- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- SMD/2022/0520
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Lychgate Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.
£315,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.7% per year over 6 years.
£185,000
Growth on file: 14.7% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
9 April 2006Most recent
£185,000
+143.4%over 6 years14 October 1999
£76,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ST10 3EN: £190,000 (2020–2014).
Nearby sales in ST10 3EN
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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 Church Road homes
Years Held for Lychgate Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,021
Street avg £1,908
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 108 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 8.8 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Church Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Waterhouses CofE Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB