2a, Ashton Common, Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, BA14 6DY

2a is a five-bedroom detached house in Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, Trowbridge (BA14 6DY). It has a recorded floor area of 242 m² (around 2605 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

It hasn't traded since May 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 242 m² the property is well over the postcode median (147 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £726,000 sits 380.8% above the 1997 sale of £151,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£58/sq ft) was about 78% below the postcode norm.