4 York Road, Swindon, SN1 2LE

4 York Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Swindon (SN1 2LE). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (September 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 57 m² this is the 10th smallest of 36 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–131 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (35 versus a best of 78).

At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (86 m² across 35 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£342/sq ft) was about 121.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: a garage conversion refused in 2025. Sold December 2020 for £210,000.