5 Church Cottages, School Lane, Biddulph Moor, Stoke On Trent, ST8 7HT
About 5 Church Cottages
5 Church Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Biddulph Moor, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST8 7HT). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 107), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 84 m² it sits well below the postcode median (137 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold August 2021 for £270,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £306,000 is 13.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£299/sq ft) was about 121.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
5 Church Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Feb 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
5 Church Cottages has an approved side extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 5 Church Cottages, School Lane, Biddulph Moor, Stoke On Trent, ST8 7HT
- Aug 2002ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side of property
Single/two storey side extensions
- Reference
- SMD/2002/1017
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 5 Church Cottages was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£306,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 19 years.
£270,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
10 August 2021Most recent
£270,000
+48.4%over 5 years22 January 2016
£182,000
+9.0%over 8 years23 August 2007
£167,000
+130.3%over 5 years8 August 2002
£72,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in ST8 7HT: £162,000 (2025–2015).
Nearby sales in ST8 7HT
4 Church Cottages, School Lane, Biddulph Moor, Stoke On Trent, ST8 7HT
Sold Sept 2025
£185,0003 Church Cottages, School Lane, Biddulph Moor, Stoke On Trent, ST8 7HT
Sold Jul 2021
£162,000Rosehip Cottage, School Lane, Biddulph Moor, Stoke On Trent, ST8 7HT
Sold Feb 2016
£230,000The Plot, School Lane, Biddulph Moor, Stoke On Trent, ST8 7HT
Sold Jul 2002
£135,0002 Church Cottages, School Lane, Biddulph Moor, Stoke On Trent, ST8 7HT
Sold Apr 1996
£34,000
Versus other School Lane homes
5 Church Cottages outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,214
Street avg £1,890
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 7.1 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
Rose & Crown PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.0 km
Moor First School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB







