Mount Pleasant, Minsterley Road, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0QJ
About Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is a detached house in Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 0QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1905 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 177 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £573,000 sits 186.5% above the 2024 sale of £200,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£105/sq ft) was about 39.2% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: February 2024 at £200,000.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Jun 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
Mount Pleasant has been through 6 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Apr 2025ConditionsIn report
Discharge of Condition 4 (Site Levels) on Planning Permission 24/02420/FUL
- Agent
- No Data
- Council
- No Data
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/01295/DIS
- Dec 2024ConditionsIn report
Discharge of condition 7 (Lighting Plan) on planning permission 21/05383/FUL no external lighting shall be installed or erected on site unless and until a lighting plan is submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority
- Council
- No Data
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/04507/DIS
What's in Mount Pleasant, Minsterley Road, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0QJ's planning history?
4 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Mount Pleasant valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£573,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£200,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 February 2024Most recent
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY5 0QJ: £347,000 (2025–2013).
Nearby sales in SY5 0QJ
Lawrence House, Minsterley Road, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0QJ
Sold Jan 2025
£460,000Aymsbrook, Minsterley Road, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0QJ
Sold Nov 2014
£270,000The Ozarks, Minsterley Road, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0QJ
Sold Feb 2014
£347,000The Mount, Minsterley Road, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0QJ
Sold Oct 2013
£531,000Furthercroft Cottage, Minsterley Road, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0QJ
Sold Dec 2012
£106,000
Versus other Minsterley Road homes
EPC Rating for Mount Pleasant runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,130
Street avg £2,349
Floor Area
177 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 6.5 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.9 km
Pontesbury CofE Primary School. 3 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
47.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB







