Back Lane, The Barn, Worthen, Shrewsbury, SY5 9HN
About Back Lane
Back Lane is a detached house in Worthen, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 9HN). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Back Lane'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Jul 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
Back Lane has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
Back Lane has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£485,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY5 9HN: £445,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in SY5 9HN
3 Woodbine Close, Worthen, Shrewsbury, SY5 9HN
Sold May 2025
£605,0001 Church Farm House, Worthen, Shrewsbury, SY5 9HN
Sold Oct 2024
£10,000Rose Cottage, Worthen, Shrewsbury, SY5 9HN
Sold Apr 2023
£520,000The New Rectory, Worthen, Shrewsbury, SY5 9HN
Sold Dec 2022
£445,000Corner Cottage, Worthen, Shrewsbury, SY5 9HN
Sold Jun 2022
£440,000
Versus the street
EPC Rating
38 (F)
Street avg 49 (E)
Floor Area
149 m²
Street avg 150 m²
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 9.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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.
Closest school
0.6 km
Long Mountain 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
44.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB







