Walnut Cottage, Rodden, Frome, BA11 5LB
About Walnut Cottage
Walnut Cottage is a detached house in Rodden, Frome, Frome (BA11 5LB). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity.
Held since October 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £602,000 sits 240.1% above the 1998 sale of £177,000. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2004. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 149 m² it's 24% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (196 m² median across 9 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Walnut Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2004Garage ConversionFullIn report
Conversion of first floor storage area over garage to studio flat (DEL)
- Reference
- 114121/000
What's in Walnut Cottage, Rodden, Frome, BA11 5LB's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Walnut Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£602,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£177,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
8 October 1998Most recent
£177,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BA11 5LB: £775,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in BA11 5LB
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Sold Aug 2025
£775,000Southfield Farm, Eype Cottage, Rodden, Frome, BA11 5LB
Sold Jan 2023
£840,0004 Hazel Court, Rodden, Frome, BA11 5LB
Sold Sept 2021
£265,000Southfield Farm, Rodden, Frome, BA11 5LB
Sold Mar 2021
£794,000Southfield Farm, The Lithium Storey, Rodden, Frome, BA11 5LB
Sold Jun 2017
£135,000
Everything we know about Walnut 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
Walnut Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,188
Street avg £2,414
Floor Area
149 m²
Street avg 185 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.1 t/year
Street avg 7.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Southfields — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Christ Church First School. 10 schools nearby.
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