The Rectory, Gay Street, Mells, Frome, BA11 3PT
About The Rectory
The Rectory is a detached house in Mells, Frome, Frome (BA11 3PT). It has a recorded floor area of 170 m² (around 1830 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 170 m² it's 29.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (131 m² median across 5 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Rectory's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2016Tree WorksTreesIn report
Proposed felling of a Eucalyptus (T2) in a conservsation area.
- Agent
- ANTHONY WALDEN
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 2016/0232/TCA
- Mar 2016Garage ConversionFullIn report
Internal alterations, convert existing garage to study, erect new garage and store
- Agent
- ANTHONY WALDEN
Extension- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 2016/0234/HSE
What's in The Rectory, Gay Street, Mells, Frome, BA11 3PT's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The Rectory has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£590,000
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 3PT: £570,000 (2014–2001).
Nearby sales in BA11 3PT
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Versus other Gay Street homes
EPC Rating for The Rectory runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
66 (D)
Street avg 46 (E)
Floor Area
170 m²
Street avg 184 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 11.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
Gay Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Mells Church First School. 1 school nearby.
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