1 Barren Down House, Leg Square, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5LL

1 Barren Down House is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Shepton Mallet (BA4 5LL). It has a recorded floor area of 234 m² (around 2519 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2016. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.

9 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused, 1 pending. An active application for tree works is awaiting a decision. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£351/sq ft) was about 223% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 234 m² the property is well over the postcode median (40 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: September 2024 at £885,000.