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Thorpe Cottage, Harley Road, Cressage, Shrewsbury, SY5 6DF

EPC B
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
8
From EPC
Floor area
164 m²
1765 sq ft
Energy rating
B
Score 84
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Thorpe Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Thorpe Cottage is a detached house in Cressage, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 6DF). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1765 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2018) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 164 m² the property is well over the postcode median (126 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £552,000 is 28.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£244/sq ft) was about 58.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £430,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Thorpe Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.

EPC Rating

A
B
B84
C
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Thorpe Cottage, Harley Road, Cressage, Shrewsbury, SY5 6DF, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Thorpe Cottage has no planning applications on record.

The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£552,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2021)

£430,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 19 March 2021Most recent

    £430,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in SY5 6DF: £174,000 (2021–2018).

On the street

Versus other Harley Road homes

Four headline reads against 20 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Thorpe Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,622

Street avg £2,005

Strongly above

Floor Area

164 m²

Street avg 137 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

8 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

6.2 t/year

Street avg 9.0 t/year

Above
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Thorpe Cottage

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

£14.99one-off

30-day money-back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£578k

1, Harley

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1 Brazier Way, Cross Houses

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£501k

1, Eyton On Severn, Wroxeter

SY5 6PW

£618k

1 Cound Park Drive, Cound

SY5 6BN

4 bed
£620k

1 Bell View, Cross Houses

SY5 6JQ

£384k

1 Charlton Hill, Wroxeter

SY5 6PS

£378k

1 Clockhouse Stables, Cound Park Drive, Cound

SY5 6BJ

4 bed2 bath
£352k

1 Betton Cottages, Betton Strange, Cross Houses

SY5 6HZ

Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Shrewsbury district page.
Full Shrewsbury report

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

0.3 km

Christ Church Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SY5 6DF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for SY5 6DF

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.9dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for SY5 6DF

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

41.0dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Thorpe Cottage, Harley Road, Cressage, Shrewsbury, SY5 6DF. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.