Prospect Cottage, Gare Hill, Frome, BA11 5EY
About Prospect Cottage
Prospect Cottage is a detached house in Gare Hill, Frome, Frome (BA11 5EY). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 151 m² it's 23.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (122 m² median across 4 EPCs). On the market in August 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years. Across 1999–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £819,000 is 27% above the 2015 sale price.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Prospect Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 May 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2019OutbuildingFullIn report
Erection of summer house.
- Agent
- Scrace Architects
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 2019/1830/FUL
- Dec 2015OutlineIn report
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for alterations to existing attached garage to form kitchen extension, including blocking up of garage door, formation of new window at rear and insertion of 3no rooflights.
- Agent
- Quentin Fleming architects
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 2015/2419/CLP
What's in Prospect Cottage, Gare Hill, Frome, BA11 5EY's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Prospect Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£819,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 16 years.
£645,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
12 August 2015Most recent
£645,000
+207.1%over 15 years23 September 1999
£210,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BA11 5EY: £455,000 (2025–2009).
Nearby sales in BA11 5EY
Penstone House, Gare Hill, Frome, BA11 5EY
Sold Oct 2025
£455,000Old School House, Gare Hill, Frome, BA11 5EY
Sold Aug 2023
£580,000The Thicket, Gare Hill, Frome, BA11 5EY
Sold Dec 2018
£6,000Corner House, Gare Hill, Frome, BA11 5EY
Sold Aug 2012
£625,000Hill Top Farm, Gare Hill, Frome, BA11 5EY
Sold Jul 2009
£400,000
Everything we know about Prospect Cottage, 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 the street
Floor Area for Prospect Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
40 (E)
Street avg 49 (E)
Floor Area
151 m²
Street avg 121 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 7.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.5 km
Bus Shelter — bus stop.
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