42 Church Lane, Rode, Frome, BA11 6PN
About 42 Church Lane
42 Church Lane is a detached house in Rode, Frome, Frome (BA11 6PN). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 121 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 90% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £585,000 is 17% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 84.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £500,000 in April 2022. 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
Energy performance
42 Church Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
42 Church Lane has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£585,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£500,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 April 2022Most recent
£500,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BA11 6PN: £439,000 (2024–2023).
Nearby sales in BA11 6PN
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Versus other Church Lane homes
EPC Rating for 42 Church Lane lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,132
Street avg £3,241
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 5.7 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
Orneage Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Rode Methodist VC First School. 2 schools nearby.
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