Shire Hall, Flat 5, Pentonville, Newport, NP20 5HB

Shire Hall is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Newport (NP20 5HB). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 70 m² this is the 15th smallest of 17 units on EPC record in Shire Hall, where floor areas span 37–125 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 17 units on file.

At 70 m² it's 22.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 37 EPCs). 12 years since the last transfer (May 2014). Today's modelled estimate of £153,000 is 34.8% above the 2014 sale price.