23 Church Lane, Melksham, SN12 7EE

23 Church Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Melksham (SN12 7EE). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

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 (£344/sq ft) was about 116.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 119 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold September 2022 for £441,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.