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Get startedThe Castle is a detached house in Shepton Mallet (BA4 5UX). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£346/sq ft) was about 113.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £630,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
The Castle's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
The Castle has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
Works to trees within a Conservation Area: T1 - Ash - Reduce crown x 7 metres T2 - Conifer - Height Reduced x 2.5 metres. T3 - Ash - Reduce x 5 metres. T4 - Sycamore - Reduce x 8 metres. T5 - Conifer - Reduce x 3 metres.
Latest sale on The Castle was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£639,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 26 years.
£630,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 26 years.
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On co₂ emissions, The Castle runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,728
Street avg £2,643
Floor Area
169 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
St Peters Road — bus stop.
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Proposed felling of a Leylandii.
3 more applications for this property
See the full planning history in the property report.
22 April 2022Most recent
£630,000
+52.2%over 2 years29 August 2019
£414,000
+82.4%over 18 years28 June 2001
£227,000
+92.4%over 5 years27 October 1995
£118,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BA4 5UX: £272,500 (2024–2014).
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CO₂ Emissions
9.7 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
Closest school
0.2 km
Bowlish Infant School. 5 schools nearby.