The Good Shepherd Clergy House, Forest Road, Sunderland, SR4 0DX
About The Good Shepherd Clergy House
The Good Shepherd Clergy House is a detached house in Sunderland (SR4 0DX). It has a recorded floor area of 230 m² (around 2476 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).
At 230 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Good Shepherd Clergy House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Good Shepherd Clergy House has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
The Good Shepherd Clergy House has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£296,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SR4 0DX: £140,000 (2025–2024).
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Versus other Forest Road homes
EPC Rating for The Good Shepherd Clergy House lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
67 (D)
Street avg 82 (B)
Floor Area
230 m²
Street avg 75 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 1.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
3/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Fordfield Road-Havelock School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Highfield Academy. 33 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB