2 Old Vicarage Cottages, Dimble Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BL
About 2 Old Vicarage Cottages
2 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 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in March 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
At 101 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £269,000 sits 71.3% above the 2013 sale of £157,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£144/sq ft) was about 31.5% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in January 2013.
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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
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
A a single-storey rear extension application was refused at 2 Old Vicarage Cottages in 2021.
- Sept 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension with pitched roof extending 6m beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling, max height 3.2m and max height at eves 2.3m measured from natural ground level.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- HNT/2022/0028
- Nov 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- SMD/2021/0521
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 2 Old Vicarage Cottages
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 2 Old Vicarage Cottages was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£269,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£157,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 January 2013Most recent
£157,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ST10 4BL: £212,000 (2021–2015).
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
£738,0001 Old Vicarage Cottages, Dimble Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BL
Sold Sept 2018
£195,0004 Vicarage Row, Dimble Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BL
Sold Sept 2015
£185,0003 Vicarage Row, Dimble Lane, Alton, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4BL
Sold Sept 2006
£160,000
Everything we know about 2 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
2 Old Vicarage Cottages is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,554
Street avg £2,723
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 5.7 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