3 Lower Street, Buckland Dinham, Frome, BA11 2QN
About 3 Lower Street
3 Lower Street is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Buckland Dinham, Frome, Frome (BA11 2QN). It has a recorded floor area of 143 m² (around 1539 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2013) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£409/sq ft) was about 156.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 143 m² it's 17.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (174 m² median across 5 EPCs). Sold September 2022 for £630,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
3 Lower Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Apr 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
There is a planning application currently awaiting a decision.
- May 2025ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Proposed demolition of existing extension, erection of a single and two storey rear extension, formation of a dormer window to East and West side elevations, and installation of single Velux roof window to East Elevation.
- Agent
- Dimension 22 Ltd
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 2025/0866/HSE
- Apr 2024ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Proposed erection of a single and two storey rear extension, and the formation of side facing dormer window.
- Agent
- Dimension 22 Ltd
- Documents
- 23 docs on file
- Reference
- 2024/0360/HSE
What's in 3 Lower Street, Buckland Dinham, Frome, BA11 2QN's planning history?
5 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£670,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£630,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
4 September 2022Most recent
£630,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BA11 2QN: £387,500 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in BA11 2QN
Glebe Farm House, Lower Street, Buckland Dinham, Frome, BA11 2QN
Sold Feb 2025
£785,000Townsend, Lower Street, Buckland Dinham, Frome, BA11 2QN
Sold Nov 2024
£541,000South View, Lower Street, Buckland Dinham, Frome, BA11 2QN
Sold Nov 2022
£387,500Renroc, Lower Street, Buckland Dinham, Frome, BA11 2QN
Sold Mar 2021
£315,000Burley, Lower Street, Buckland Dinham, Frome, BA11 2QN
Sold Feb 2021
£320,000
Everything we know about 3 Lower Street, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Lower Street homes
On price per m², 3 Lower Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,406
Street avg £2,764
Floor Area
143 m²
Street avg 183 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.1 t/year
Street avg 11.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
The Village Hall — bus stop.
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