49a, Catherine Street, Frome, BA11 1DA

49a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Frome (BA11 1DA). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 75 m² this is the 36th smallest of 46 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 9–224 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B across 46 units on file. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 75 m² the property is well over the postcode median (43 m² across 45 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£328/sq ft) was about 108.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £265,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.