Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Rowton Castle, Castlefields House, Rowton, Halfway House, Shrewsbury, SY5 9EP
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
6
From EPC
Floor area
217 m²
2340 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 40
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About Rowton Castle
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Rowton Castle is a detached house in Halfway House, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 9EP). It has a recorded floor area of 217 m² (around 2340 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2011) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since March 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. At 217 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £530,000 sits 55.9% above the 2011 sale of £340,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£145/sq ft) was about 30.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Rowton Castle's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 May 2021
Current Certificate
May 2011EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E40
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
14.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Expired on 17 May 2021
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Mid 20th centuryDetached HouseEPC ENo mains gas
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Rowton Castle, Castlefields House, Rowton, Halfway House, Shrewsbury, SY5 9EP, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Rowton Castle has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£530,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2011)
£340,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 March 2011Most recent
£340,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in SY5 9EP: £240,000 (2007–2001).
Versus the street
Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Floor Area for Rowton Castle runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
40 (E)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
217 m²
Street avg 110 m²
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
70/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SY5 9EP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.3dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
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