Purton Villa, Church Street, Ruyton Xi Towns, Shrewsbury, SY4 1LA
About Purton Villa
Purton Villa is a three-bedroom detached house in Ruyton Xi Towns, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY4 1LA). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
Held since June 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 123 m² it's 27.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (97 m² median across 8 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £401,000 is 41.9% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£213/sq ft) was about 18.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Purton Villa's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Purton Villa has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Jan 2017ConditionsIn report
Discharge of Conditions 5 (Levels), 6 (Access), 7 (Parking), 8 (Construction statement) and 10 (Archaeology) of planning permission 10/03995/OUT
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/05682/DIS
- Jan 2017ConditionsIn report
Discharge of Condition 3 (archaeology) of planning permission 14/03158/REM
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/05683/DIS
What's in Purton Villa, Church Street, Ruyton Xi Towns, Shrewsbury, SY4 1LA's planning history?
4 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market — a high-water reference point.
£401,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£282,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 June 2007Most recent
£282,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY4 1LA: £284,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in SY4 1LA
5 Church Street, Ruyton Xi Towns, Shrewsbury, SY4 1LA
Sold Nov 2025
£284,000Powys House, Church Street, Ruyton Xi Towns, Shrewsbury, SY4 1LA
Sold Jun 2025
£285,000Knighton House, Church Street, Ruyton Xi Towns, Shrewsbury, SY4 1LA
Sold Nov 2024
£210,000Barnyard Croft, Church Street, Ruyton Xi Towns, Shrewsbury, SY4 1LA
Sold Jul 2023
£300,000Old Post Office, Church Street, Ruyton Xi Towns, Shrewsbury, SY4 1LA
Sold Jan 2022
£224,995
Everything we know about Purton Villa, 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 other Church Street homes
Purton Villa outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,297
Street avg £2,397
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.7 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
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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
0.1 km
St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School and Nursery. 2 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
43.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB