1 Cowley Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 7EU
About 1 Cowley Road
1 Cowley Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Middlesbrough (TS5 7EU). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1733 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 161 m² it's 19.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (135 m² median across 15 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £423,000 is 12.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£218/sq ft) was about 38.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £377,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenWest-facing
- GarageYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 Cowley Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 1 Cowley Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 7EU
- Dec 2022ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Single/two storey rear extension and partial roof extension (to the rear)
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/0697/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£423,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£377,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 May 2022Most recent
£377,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TS5 7EU: £300,000 (2023–2017).
Nearby sales in TS5 7EU
Versus other Cowley Road homes
1 Cowley Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,342
Street avg £1,660
Floor Area
161 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 8.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
18/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Staindrop Drive North — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Outwood Academy Acklam. 30 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB







