4a, High Street, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5AN

4a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Shepton Mallet (BA4 5AN). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 81 m² this is the 10th smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–147 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band.

Held since June 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 81 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £143,000 is 19.2% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£138/sq ft) was about 35.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.