Brook Cottage, Bridge Lane, Hanwood, Shrewsbury, SY5 8LX
About Brook Cottage
Brook Cottage is a semi-detached house in Hanwood, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 8LX). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a G (score 13), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 4-band jump.
At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £404,000 is 46.9% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£173/sq ft) was about 31.9% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £275,000 in April 2020.
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Energy performance
Brook Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Brook Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£404,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£275,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
2 April 2020Most recent
£275,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY5 8LX: £320,000 (2023–2019).
Versus other Bridge Lane homes
Price per m² for Brook Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,858
Street avg £3,463
Floor Area
148 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
20.0 t/year
Street avg 5.9 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.
Nearest stop
2.9 km
Wenlock Edge House — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary School. 2 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
47.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB