2 Lower Stores Cottage, Minsterley, Shrewsbury, SY5 0AA
About 2 Lower Stores Cottage
2 Lower Stores Cottage is a semi-detached house in Minsterley, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 0AA). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Energy performance
2 Lower Stores Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 16 February 2030
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
More low energy lighting installed
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919 and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
2 Lower Stores Cottage has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
2 applications on record at 2 Lower Stores Cottage, Minsterley, Shrewsbury, SY5 0AA
- Mar 2003RenovationHeritageOutcome in report
Alterations to include removal of 1970's fireplace and opening up of Inglenook affecting a grade 2 listed building (retrospective)
ListedRetrospective- Reference
- SA/02/1076/LB
- More recent applications — locked
- RenovationApr 2009Decision
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Sales history & valuation
2 Lower Stores Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£214,000
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 SY5 0AA: £406,000 (2024–2018).
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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
70/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.5 km
Minsterley Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB







