Stone Cottage, Melverley Road, Pentre, Shrewsbury, SY4 1BU
About Stone Cottage
Stone Cottage is a detached house in Pentre, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY4 1BU). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Stone Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system changed
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Stone Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2016ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey extension to detached dwelling, dimensions 4.7 metres beyond the rear wall, 2.8 metres maximum height, 2.4 metres to the eaves.
- Agent
- Three Counties Home Improvements
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/02675/HHE
- Dec 2002Change Of UseFullIn report
Formation of new access and change of use of part of field to domestic garden
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- OS/02/12317/FUL
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- Environmental risk flagged
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Sales history & valuation
Stone Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£524,000
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 SY4 1BU: £325,000 (2021–1999).
Nearby sales in SY4 1BU
Eaton Rise, Melverley Road, Pentre, Shrewsbury, SY4 1BU
Sold Mar 2021
£130,000Windsor House, Melverley Road, Pentre, Shrewsbury, SY4 1BU
Sold Mar 2016
£350,000Red House, Melverley Road, Pentre, Shrewsbury, SY4 1BU
Sold May 2015
£325,000The Bungalow, Melverley Road, Pentre, Shrewsbury, SY4 1BU
Sold May 1999
£20,000
Everything we know about Stone Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Environmental risk flagged
Versus other Melverley Road homes
Stone Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
48 (E)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
169 m²
Street avg 165 m²
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 7.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
3.0 km
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and Nursery. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB