Bateman Almshouses, Flat 14, Grange Road, Biddulph, Stoke On Trent, ST8 7SB

Bateman Almshouses is an end-of-terrace house in Biddulph, Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke On Trent (ST8 7SB). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 42 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in Bateman Almshouses, where floor areas span 36–52 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to E, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (38 versus a best of 54).

At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (113 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.