Meadowsweet, Summerhouse Lane, Longden, Shrewsbury, SY5 8HA
About Meadowsweet
Meadowsweet is a detached house in Longden, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 8HA). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2021) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average.
At 142 m² it sits well below the postcode median (262 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £588,000 is 21.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£317/sq ft) was about 24.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2021 for £485,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2022AnnexFullIn report
Erection of a detached self contained residential annex ancillary to main dwelling
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/01079/FUL
- Apr 2007Change of UseFullIn report
Change of use of agricultural land into residential curtilage
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- SA/07/0327/F
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Meadowsweet
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
30-day money-back guarantee
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£588,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£485,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
4 November 2021Most recent
£485,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY5 8HA: £825,000 (2022–2020).
Nearby sales in SY5 8HA
1 Halls Court, Summerhouse Lane, Longden, Shrewsbury, SY5 8HA
Sold Sept 2022
£986,667Whistlers, Summerhouse Lane, Longden, Shrewsbury, SY5 8HA
Sold Mar 2022
£845,0002 Halls Court, Summerhouse Lane, Longden, Shrewsbury, SY5 8HA
Sold Apr 2021
£825,000Sunninghill, Summerhouse Lane, Longden, Shrewsbury, SY5 8HA
Sold Nov 2020
£475,000Caradoc View, Summerhouse Lane, Longden, Shrewsbury, SY5 8HA
Sold Sept 1995
£150,000
Versus other Summerhouse Lane homes
Meadowsweet outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,415
Street avg £2,846
Floor Area
142 m²
Street avg 237 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 5 years
Similar properties nearby
1 Cruckton Hall Gardens, Cruckton
SY5 8PQ
1 Bridge Lane, Hanwood
SY5 8LX
1 Highfields, Hookagate
SY5 8BA
1 Bishop Close, Hanwood
SY5 8BU
1 Golden Arrow Court, Longden
SY5 8FA
1 Birch Drive, Hanwood
SY5 8RG
1 Beech Close, Hanwood
SY5 8RA
1 Halls Court, Summerhouse Lane, Longden
SY5 8HA
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
0.6 km
Longden CofE 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.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB







