The Coach House, Welshmill Lane, Frome, BA11 3AP
About The Coach House
The Coach House is a five-bedroom detached house in Frome (BA11 3AP). It has a recorded floor area of 294 m² (around 3165 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
At 294 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,061,000 is 16% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£289/sq ft) was about 38.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £915,000. 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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageDouble
Energy performance
The Coach House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Coach House sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- Jan 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
T2 - Lime - 1-2m prune back the lateral north east face (growing over the neighbour's garden) to the wall boundary. T3 - Remove the Eucalyptus to ground level. (alternative proposal - reduce to suitable pruning points); as discussed with applicant on site.
- Agent
- Acer Tree Surgeons Ltd
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 2024/2125/TCA
- Dec 2017Garage ConversionFullIn report
Construct room over existing garage
- Agent
- AWFrancis
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 2017/2093/HSE
What's in The Coach House, Welshmill Lane, Frome, BA11 3AP's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on The Coach House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,061,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 24 years.
£915,000
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
9 December 2021Most recent
£915,000
+94.7%over 15 years26 October 2006
£470,000
+161.1%over 8 years29 April 1998
£180,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BA11 3AP: £300,000 (2025–2012).
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Versus other Welshmill Lane homes
Floor Area for The Coach House runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,112
Street avg £2,587
Floor Area
294 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Welshmill Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.0 km
St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome. 10 schools nearby.
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