The Old School, Flat 1, Church Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AE
About The Old School
The Old School is an end-of-terrace house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5AE). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2007-2011. At 67 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across The Old School (67–93 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (73 versus a worst of 40). The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a C (score 73). Main heating runs on electricity.
At 67 m² it's 18.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2014. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Old School ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2014Change of UseOutlineIn report
Conversion of offices into two residential apartments (prior notification under Part 3, Class J of Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2013)
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/02957/P3JPA
What's in The Old School, Flat 1, Church Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AE's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The Old School has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£181,000
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 SY9 5AE: £200,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in SY9 5AE
72 Church Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AE
Sold Dec 2024
£200,00064 Church Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AE
Sold Nov 2023
£445,00068 Church Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AE
Sold Mar 2021
£175,00054 Church Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AE
Sold Jan 2019
£263,00066 Church Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AE
Sold May 2016
£135,000
Everything we know about The Old School, in one report
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Versus other Church Street homes
The Old School outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
73 (C)
Street avg 44 (E)
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 74 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.4 km
Bishops Castle 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
48.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.0dB