The Beeches, Cannards Grave Road, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4LX

The Beeches is a four-bedroom detached house in Shepton Mallet (BA4 4LX). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at G across 2 certificates since February 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£378/sq ft) was about 56.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 8 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. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold May 2023 for £615,000.