Kennedy House, School Gardens, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AJ
About Kennedy House
Kennedy House is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Shrewsbury (SY1 2AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 203 m² (around 2180 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 203 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £940,000 is 17.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£367/sq ft) was about 95.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2021 at £800,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Kennedy House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Oct 2018
EPC Rating
Planning history
Kennedy House has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Sept 2022ConditionsIn report
Discharge of condition 4 (Details of Services Exterior) 5 (Joinery) 9 (Roof Lantern) attached to planning application 22/03156/LBC Alterations to the rear elevation including removal of C20th partition, inclusion of lantern in existing extension and widening of existing internal door opening affecting a Grade II Listed Building
Listed- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/04191/DIS
- Aug 2022ExtensionHeritageIn report
Alterations to the rear elevation including removal of C20th partition, inclusion of lantern in existing extension and widening of existing internal door opening affecting a Grade II Listed Building
Listed- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/03156/LBC
What's in Kennedy House, School Gardens, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AJ's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Kennedy House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£940,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.7% per year over 16 years.
£800,000
Growth on file: 0.7% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
3 December 2021Most recent
£800,000
+11.1%over 16 years17 October 2005
£720,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY1 2AJ: £200,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in SY1 2AJ
Apartment 1, 2 School Gardens, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AJ
Sold Aug 2024
£205,000Apartment 2, 2 School Gardens, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AJ
Sold Aug 2024
£220,0001 Rodney House, School Gardens, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AJ
Sold Jul 2023
£200,0003 Rodney House, School Gardens, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AJ
Sold Jun 2022
£180,0003 Sydney House, School Gardens, Castle Gates, Shrewsbury, SY1 2AJ
Sold Sept 2021
£140,000
Versus other School Gardens homes
Price per m² for Kennedy House runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,949
Street avg £2,046
Floor Area
203 m²
Street avg 158 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.9 t/year
Street avg 13.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
10/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bus Station Timetable — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Shrewsbury College. 21 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
53.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.9dB







