Great Fernhill, Gobowen, Oswestry, SY11 4NQ
About Great Fernhill
Great Fernhill is a detached house in Gobowen, Oswestry, Oswestry (SY11 4NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 402 m² (around 4327 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since September 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 402 m² the property is well over the postcode median (137 m² across 5 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. Today's modelled estimate of £848,000 is 42.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£138/sq ft) was about 43.4% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £595,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2016.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Great Fernhill sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Wall insulation improved
Planning history
- Feb 2016OtherIn report
Installation of 2No separate underground supplies
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/05479/OHL
What's in Great Fernhill, Gobowen, Oswestry, SY11 4NQ'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.
£848,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£595,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 June 2021Most recent
£595,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY11 4NQ: £475,000 (2023–2017).
Nearby sales in SY11 4NQ
1 Great Fernhill Barns, Gobowen, Oswestry, SY11 4NQ
Sold Feb 2023
£410,0004 Great Fernhill Barns, Gobowen, Oswestry, SY11 4NQ
Sold Mar 2022
£625,0005 Great Fernhill Barns, Gobowen, Oswestry, SY11 4NQ
Sold Feb 2019
£634,0003 Great Fernhill Barns, Gobowen, Oswestry, SY11 4NQ
Sold Dec 2017
£350,0002 Great Fernhill Barns, Gobowen, Oswestry, SY11 4NQ
Sold Sept 2017
£275,000
Everything we know about Great Fernhill, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus the street
On price per m², Great Fernhill runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,480
Street avg £3,124
Floor Area
402 m²
Street avg 153 m²
CO₂ Emissions
27.0 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 6 years
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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
1.6 km
Gobowen Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
2.0 km
Whittington CofE (VA) Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB