1 Orchard Close, Cressage, Shrewsbury, SY5 6BZ
About 1 Orchard Close
1 Orchard Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Cressage, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 6BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £460,000 is 15% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 18.1% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £400,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
1 Orchard Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Orchard Close has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
1 Orchard Close has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£460,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 22 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
15 April 2021Most recent
£400,000
+77.8%over 18 years15 April 2003
£225,000
+150.1%over 3 years10 June 1999
£89,950
Median price across the last 3 sales in SY5 6BZ: £145,000 (2001–1996).
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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
0.2 km
Christ Church Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB







