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Get startedBarrow Cottage is a detached house in Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Shepton Mallet (BA4 4BH). It has a recorded floor area of 197 m² (around 2120 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (January 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 197 m² the property is well over the postcode median (130 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.
Barrow Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Barrow Cottage sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
Proposed External Alterations and Improvements consisting of replacement doors, windows and rooflights, with the addition of 4no. rooflights and a set of French doors with side lights on the rear facing South Elevation.
Barrow Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£681,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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.
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Barrow Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
18 (G)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
197 m²
Street avg 129 m²
CO₂ Emissions
20.0 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Top Street — bus stop.
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Felling of an ash stem
3 more applications for this property
See the full planning history in the property report.
Median price across the last 5 sales in BA4 4BH: £380,000 (2013–2007).
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Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms