For sale Detached

Anchor Close

Whitmore, ST5, ST5 5FP

5 beds 3 baths Listed 13 May 2026 (-170d)

£725,000

Reduced on 19 Oct 2026

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Property details

Tenure

FREEHOLD

Council tax band

G

Local average

£331,217 (+118.9%)

Deprivation

Decile 8 (24,560 of 33,755)

Street crime

4 incidents within 1 mile (Aug 2026)

Key features

  • Individual Build, Five Bedroom Detached House
  • Prime Village Location
  • Appointed to Very High Standard Throughout
  • Spectacular, Open Plan Living Kitchen
  • Backing onto Fields at the Rear
  • Private Shared Driveway
  • No Upward Chain

Additional details

Parking
Yes
Garden
Yes
Listed property
No
Restrictions
No
Required access
No
Rights of way
No
Flooded in last 5 years
No
Flood defences
No

Description

An exceptional detached family home built in 2021 to an individual design and providing spacious family accommodation extending to almost 3000 ft.² All of the rooms are very well proportioned including five double bedrooms and a vast open plan living/dining kitchen extending to over 12.7 m long.
Anchor Close is a private shared driveway located in the extremely well regarded village of Whitmore. Local amenities include the popular Bloc House at the Sheet Anchor pub and restaurant, Post Office and village store, Primary School and Village Hall. Newcastle-under-Lyme is approximately 5 miles away offering a selection of specialist and High Street stores as well as bars, cafés and restaurants. Whitmore is surrounded by some beautiful countryside, ideal for lovers of the great outdoors with opportunities to enjoy a picturesque walk and even stop at one of the local country pubs.
The house is entered through an entrance porch to a large central reception hall off which is a cloakroom/WC. The sitting room has full height windows to the front elevation and double doors leading through to the huge open plan living kitchen providing sitting, dining and kitchen areas with bi-fold doors opening out to the rear garden. The kitchen is fitted with high-quality units and natural granite worktops including a central island. Integrated appliances include microwave, fridge/freezer and dishwasher whilst the range cooker and wine chiller will both be included in the sale. An office or snug provides a further reception room looking out to the front of the house.
To the first floor is a central galleried landing and a large master bedroom suite having extensive, fitted bedroom furniture, a dressing room and a luxury ensuite shower room. Bedrooms two and three are both large doubles sharing a Jack and Jill shower room with bedrooms four and five also being double rooms and sharing the family bathroom.
Outside the property is approached over a block paved driveway providing parking for at least three cars plus a detached single garage with an electric car charging point. To the rear of the house is an enclosed garden enjoying a good degree of privacy with moulded concrete seating area adjacent to the house with shaped lawn beyond and borders planted with a variety of specimen shrubs and trees. There is a useful timber shed and the garden backs onto open fields to the rear.
This exceptional property has been fitted to a high standard with some notable features including a natural slate roof, integrated Sonos speaker system throughout the open plan kitchen and in the garden and under floor heating to the ground floor with zonal control. A detailed inspection is strongly recommended.
EPC Rating: B

Listed by

Newcastle-Under-Lyme

Follwells Ltd

Reference: 88430157

EPC ratings on this postcode

We don't have a matched EPC for this property yet. Below are efficiency scores and details for other addresses on this postcode.

Address Current Potential Floor area Age band Type
1 ANCHOR CLOSE, BALDWINS GATE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE 83 93 105 m² — Detached
2, Anchor Close, Whitmore, NEWCASTLE 84 91 159 m² — Detached
3 Anchor Close, Whitmore, NEWCASTLE 86 93 138 m² — Detached
4 Anchor Close, Whitmore, NEWCASTLE 86 93 138 m² — Detached
5 Anchor Close, Whitmore, NEWCASTLE 86 93 138 m² — Detached
6 Anchor Close, Whitmore, NEWCASTLE 85 93 138 m² — Detached
7 Anchor Close, Whitmore, NEWCASTLE 87 92 200 m² — Detached
8 Anchor Close, Whitmore, NEWCASTLE 86 90 269 m² — Detached

Flood risk

Zone: 1

Risk: Low

Job (default Low)

Registered land (INSPIRE)

This location falls inside an HM Land Registry INSPIRE registered freehold polygon.

Plot: ~583 m² (0.14 acres)

Source: HM Land Registry INSPIRE Index Polygons.

Floorplans

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EPC Graphs

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Price history

Event Date Price % change
Listed for sale — £725,000 —

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Crown copyright.

Sold Comparables

Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Data from Land Registry Price Paid.

Address Price Date Type
47 FAIR GREEN ROAD, BALDWINS GATE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5LS £465,000 12/12/2025 Detached
6 LEA CLOSE, BALDWINS GATE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5DH £433,000 05/12/2025 Detached
24 APPLETON DRIVE, WHITMORE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5BT £287,900 29/09/2023 Detached
35 FAIR GREEN ROAD, BALDWINS GATE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5LS £410,000 08/08/2023 Detached
15 APPLETON DRIVE, WHITMORE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5BT £270,000 24/07/2023 Detached
8A APPLETON DRIVE, WHITMORE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5BT £420,000 05/09/2022 Detached
5 LEA CLOSE, BALDWINS GATE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5DH £285,000 01/07/2022 Detached
5A APPLETON DRIVE, WHITMORE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5BT £300,000 24/03/2022 Detached
2 DALE CLOSE, BALDWINS GATE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5DN £325,000 18/02/2022 Detached
9 HILLVIEW CRESCENT, BALDWINS GATE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5DE £285,000 28/01/2022 Detached
37 FAIR GREEN ROAD, BALDWINS GATE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5LS £405,000 26/11/2021 Detached
NEWLANDS COMMON LANE, WHITMORE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5HF £465,000 24/11/2021 Detached
22 GATEWAY AVENUE, BALDWINS GATE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5DD £325,000 12/11/2021 Detached
GREEN BANK COMMON LANE, WHITMORE, NEWCASTLE, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5HF £468,000 05/11/2021 Detached

Area average: £367,421 (14 sales)

Capital growth trend

Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).

5y growth 5.7%
10y growth 17.6%

House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): Newcastle-under-Lyme. Series: Detached. As of July 2026.

1y (index) 5.9%
5y (index) 28.1%
10y (index) 55.4%

Rental Range

Estimated market rent for Newcastle-under-Lyme. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.

Low £753/mo
Realistic £837/mo
Optimistic £921/mo

Based on Local Authority from postcode lookup → Newcastle-under-Lyme.

LHA (30th percentile) floor for Staffordshire North: £798/mo (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026)

Location

Address

Anchor Close

Nearby

Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).

Type Name Distance
Bus stop Sheet Anchor PH 0.0 miles
Shop WHSmith 2.3 miles
Shop Waitrose 2.3 miles
University Keele University 3.1 miles
Hospital North Staffordshire Hospital 3.9 miles
Train station Trentham Leisure 4.4 miles
Train station Unknown 4.5 miles
Hospital Royal Stoke University Hospital 4.8 miles
University University of Buckingham Crewe Campus 10.3 miles

Street-level crime

Category Count
Anti-social behaviour 2
Violence and sexual offences 2
Total incidents 4

Within 1 mile during Aug 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).

Schools nearby

Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.

Name Type Distance Ofsted
Baldwins Gate CofE(VC) Primary School Primary 0.2 miles Good — 7 Nov 2012
Sir John Offley CofE (VC) Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Good — 16 Mar 2023
Madeley High School Secondary 3.1 miles Good — 7 Feb 2013
St John's CofE (C) Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Requires improvement — 13 Jul 2023
University of Keele Other 3.2 miles — (No rating)

Rental Comparables

Residential lets from OpenRent and Rightmove for the area (same bedroom count). Use to validate rent estimates. Student lets are excluded.

Title Rent Beds Distance As seen on
High Street, Silverdale, ST5 £1,350/mo 5 3.96 miles Rightmove
Modern Studio In Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, ST5 £595/mo — 4.67 miles Rightmove
Car Park Lymedale Cross Industrial Estate, Newcastle Under Lyme ST5 £1/mo — 5.21 miles Rightmove
Flat 6, 120 King Street, Newcastle, ST5 1JJ £495/mo — 5.24 miles Rightmove
Warwick Street, Newcastle, ST5 7JQ £895/mo — 5.83 miles Rightmove

Average rent: £667/mo (5 listings)

Rent-driven metrics

Based on OpenRent comparables.

Rent ratio 0.08%
Max investor price (0.8%) £74,375
Target investor price (1%) £59,500
Gross yield 1%
Cost-to-rent ratio 101.5×
Monthly cashflow £-2,345/mo 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term
Cash-on-cash ROI -13.4%
  • Rent ratio — Monthly rent ÷ purchase price (1% rule). 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak for cashflow.
  • Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
  • Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
  • Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).
  • Cost-to-rent — Price ÷ annual rent (from OpenRent comparables). Under 14× = strong, 14–16× = acceptable, 17×+ = compressed.
  • Cashflow — Rent minus mortgage, 10% maintenance, £25/mo compliance. Assumes 75% LTV, 3.95% APR (5yr fixed), 25yr term.
  • ROI — Annual profit ÷ cash in (deposit + 4% purchase costs).

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