The Ancient Shepherd, Hampit Road, Arkesden, Saffron Walden, CB11 4HJ

The Ancient Shepherd is a four-bedroom detached house in Arkesden, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 4HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 211 m² (around 2271 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). Main heating runs on oil.

Held since September 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 211 m² the property is well over the postcode median (142 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1995–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 19.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £758,000 sits 78.4% above the 2001 sale of £425,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£187/sq ft) was about 30.4% below the postcode norm.