2 Batch Cottages, Bread Street, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4BQ

2 Batch Cottages is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Shepton Mallet (BA4 4BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £271,000 sits 50.6% above the 2016 sale of £180,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£380/sq ft) was about 27.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (130 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Last sold in July 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years.