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

2 Barren Down House is a semi-detached house in Shepton Mallet (BA4 5LL). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1471 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2011) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). The latest certificate is from June 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 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: 10.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £428,000 is 27.8% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 73.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 137 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). On the market in July 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.