Old Smithy Cottage, Great Gate, Tean, Stoke On Trent, ST10 4HF
About Old Smithy Cottage
Old Smithy Cottage is a detached house in Tean, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST10 4HF). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 3 certificates since March 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Today's modelled estimate of £337,000 is 10.1% below the 2022 sale of £375,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£371/sq ft) was about 30.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 94 m² it's 19.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (117 m² median across 6 EPCs). Last sale on file: £375,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Old Smithy Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Solar PV panels (40 kWp) installed
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Sept 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side of property
Demolition of existing outbuilding, erection of detached garage, erection of single and two storey side extensions
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- P/2022/01419
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£337,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£375,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
2 November 2022Most recent
£375,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in ST10 4HF: £460,000 (2023–2011).
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Great Gate homes
On epc rating, Old Smithy Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,989
Street avg £3,609
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 130 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 9.5 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
1.1 km
Village Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
St Peter's CofE Academy Alton. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB