Watergate Mansions, Apartment 5, St Marys Place, Shrewsbury, SY1 1DW

Watergate Mansions is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Shrewsbury (SY1 1DW). It has a recorded floor area of 29 m² (around 312 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band A. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. At 29 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 25 units on EPC record in Watergate Mansions, where floor areas span 28–121 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 25 units on file. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity.

It changed hands recently, sold November 2025 for £115,000. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2008. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 29 m² it sits well below the postcode median (63 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1995–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 183.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.