52a, Catherine Street, Frome, BA11 1DU
About 52a
52a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Frome (BA11 1DU). It has a recorded floor area of 204 m² (around 2196 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
At 204 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1999–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£337/sq ft) was about 95.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2020 at £740,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Heating systemElectric
Energy performance
52a's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 52a is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Jun 2023Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Crown reduce Cherry from 10m to 7m
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 2023/0712/TCA
- May 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Cherry - Crown reduce by 1/3 of size.
- Agent
- Ives Trees
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 2021/0650/TCA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 52a was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£687,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.0% per year over 20 years.
£740,000
Growth on file: 11.0% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
2 April 2020Most recent
£740,000
+111.4%over 13 years22 May 2006
£350,000
+292.2%over 6 years23 December 1999
£89,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in BA11 1DU: £143,000 (2024–2007).
Nearby sales in BA11 1DU
Flat 7, 52 Catherine Street, Frome, BA11 1DU
Sold Aug 2024
£143,000Flat 3, 52 Catherine Street, Frome, BA11 1DU
Sold Dec 2023
£146,000Flat 1, 52 Catherine Street, Frome, BA11 1DU
Sold Jul 2021
£190,000Flat 4, 52 Catherine Street, Frome, BA11 1DU
Sold Jun 2016
£125,000Flat 2, 52 Catherine Street, Frome, BA11 1DU
Sold Oct 2005
£169,470
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Weymouth Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Vallis First School. 10 schools nearby.
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