1 Old Vicarage Cottages, Dimble Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BL
About 1 Old Vicarage Cottages
1 Old Vicarage Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Alton, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST10 4BL). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory and outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 68 m² it's 23.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £271,000 is 39% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£266/sq ft) was about 36.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2018 for £195,000.
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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
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
1 Old Vicarage Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Old Vicarage Cottages has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2025ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Single storey extension replacing an existing conservatory
Extension- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- SMD/2025/0085
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£271,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£195,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
6 September 2018Most recent
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ST10 4BL: £635,000 (2021–2014).
Nearby sales in ST10 4BL
5 Vicarage Row, Dimble Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BL
Sold Jan 2021
£212,000The Old Vicarage, Dimble Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BL
Sold Dec 2019
£738,0004 Vicarage Row, Dimble Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BL
Sold Sept 2015
£185,0002 Old Vicarage Cottages, Dimble Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BL
Sold Jan 2013
£157,0003 Vicarage Row, Dimble Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BL
Sold Sept 2006
£160,000
Everything we know about 1 Old Vicarage Cottages, 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 Dimble Lane homes
EPC Rating for 1 Old Vicarage Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,868
Street avg £2,286
Floor Area
68 m²
Street avg 123 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 6.0 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
0.1 km
Knight Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Peter's CofE Academy Alton. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB