St Marys Cottage, St Marys Place, Shrewsbury, SY1 1DX

St Marys Cottage is a semi-detached house in Shrewsbury (SY1 1DX). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump.

Across 2001–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 24.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £398,000 is 73.8% below the 2013 sale of £1,520,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,086/sq ft) was about 194.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 12 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On the market in November 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.