78 Sheldon Road, Chippenham, SN14 0BX
About 78 Sheldon Road
78 Sheldon Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chippenham (SN14 0BX). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows a G (score 10), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £311,000 is 18.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£301/sq ft) was about 91.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £262,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
78 Sheldon Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 May 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2014New BuildFullIn report
Erection Of New Dwelling, Resubmission of 14/02896/FUL
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/06785/FUL
- Apr 2013Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two Storey Rear Extension And Loft Conversion
Extension- Reference
- N/13/00443/FUL
What's in 78 Sheldon Road, Chippenham, SN14 0BX's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£311,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.4% per year over 6 years.
£262,000
Growth on file: 2.4% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
17 March 2021Most recent
£262,000
+13.9%over 5 years17 August 2015
£230,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN14 0BX: £282,500 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in SN14 0BX
Versus other Sheldon Road homes
78 Sheldon Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,235
Street avg £2,264
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
Similar properties nearby
The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Loyalty Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Redland Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB







