23 Castle Grove is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Stourbridge (DY8 2HH). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2019) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £479,000 is 15.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£262/sq ft) was about 21.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £415,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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23 Castle Grove ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
A a loft conversion application was refused at 23 Castle Grove in 2025.
Loft conversion with rear dormer
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£479,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£415,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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23 Castle Grove outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,823
Street avg £2,725
Floor Area
147 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Stourbridge Junction Rail Station — railway station.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Lawful Development Certificate for proposed loft conversion with rear dormer.
21 March 2022Most recent
£415,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DY8 2HH: £380,000 (2024–2022).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.3 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
DY8 2BG
Closest school
0.6 km
Oldswinford C of E Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.4dB