Vine Tree Cottage, High Street, Buckland Dinham, Frome, BA11 2QT
About Vine Tree Cottage
Vine Tree Cottage is a semi-detached house in Buckland Dinham, Frome, Frome (BA11 2QT). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it F (June 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
4 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.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Vine Tree Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Planning history
Planning history at Vine Tree Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Aug 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Silver Birch - Crown Reduction x 30%,
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 2024/1181/TCA
- Aug 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Silver Birch - Crown Reduction x 30%.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 2021/1519/TCA
What's in Vine Tree Cottage, High Street, Buckland Dinham, Frome, BA11 2QT's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Vine Tree Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£370,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 3 sales in BA11 2QT: £284,250 (2014–2007).
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
The Bell Inn — bus stop.
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