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8 Halston Cottages, Plealey Road, Lea Cross, Shrewsbury, SY5 8HS

8 sales on record
Property type
Mid terrace
Bedrooms
3
Bathroom
1
Floor area
83 m²
893 sq ft
Energy rating
C
Score 70
Council tax
Band B
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 8 Halston Cottages

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

8 Halston Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Lea Cross, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 8HS). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 70). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).

Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£291/sq ft) was about 70.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £260,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms1
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 8 Halston Cottages

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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.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
May 2022

EPC Rating

A
B
C
C70
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
2.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Property Improvements

Changes detected from historical EPC data

May 2022from Jul 2011
Low Energy Lighting
77%100%

More low energy lighting installed

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 8 Halston Cottages, Plealey Road, Lea Cross, Shrewsbury, SY5 8HS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

8 Halston Cottages has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

1applications of note in the surrounding area

Before you offer

We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 8 Halston Cottages

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.

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Price

Sales history & valuation

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

8 Halston Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.

Current estimate

£265,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 25 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2022)

£260,000

Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 25 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 7 August 2022Most recent

    £260,000

    +36.9%over 5 years

  2. 29 June 2017

    £189,950

    +13.1%over 11 months

  3. 10 August 2016

    £168,000

    +11.0%over 10 years

  4. 3 March 2006

    £151,360

    +21.1%over 2 years

  5. 22 September 2003

    £125,000

    +73.6%over 2 years

  6. 19 April 2001

    £72,000

    +35.8%over 2 years

  7. 12 March 1999

    £53,000

    +6.0%over 1 year

  8. 30 July 1997

    £50,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in SY5 8HS: £165,000 (2024–2010).

On the street

Versus other Plealey Road homes

Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

CO₂ Emissions for 8 Halston Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

EPC Rating

70 (C)

Street avg 65 (D)

Above

Floor Area

83 m²

Street avg 90 m²

On par

CO₂ Emissions

2.9 t/year

Street avg 4.4 t/year

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Above
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 8 Halston Cottages

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

Larger development activity nearby
£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.
£267k

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3 bed1 bath
£371k

1 Beech Close, Hanwood

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3 bed2 bath
£251k

1 Dingle Cottages, Mill Lane, Hanwood

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2 bed1 bath
£342k

1 Harolds Bank, Church Pulverbatch, Pulverbatch

SY5 8BY

2 bed2 bath
£377k

1 Birch Drive, Hanwood

SY5 8RG

4 bed2 bath
£185k

1 Bank View, Longden

SY5 8HD

2 bed1 bath
£459k

1 Bridge Lane, Hanwood

SY5 8LX

4 bed2 bath
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

2.3 km

Mary Webb School and Science College. 4 schools 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 8HS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for SY5 8HS

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.9dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for SY5 8HS

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

41.5dB

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 8 Halston Cottages, Plealey Road, Lea Cross, Shrewsbury, SY5 8HS. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.