Field Cottage, Field Lane, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AG
About Field Cottage
Field Cottage is a detached house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5AG). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1701 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since July 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £386,000 sits 306.3% above the 1997 sale of £95,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, 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
Field Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 May 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
Field Cottage has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Erection of single-storey extension to provide new dining room and entrance
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00728/FUL
- Oct 2012Change Of UseFullIn report
Change of use of agricultural land to additional domestic curtilage
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/03900/FUL
What's in Field Cottage, Field Lane, Bishops Castle, SY9 5AG's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Field Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£386,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£95,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 July 1997Most recent
£95,000
Median price across the last 1 sales in SY9 5AG: £132,000 (2000–2000).
Nearby sales in SY9 5AG
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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
The Community College, Bishop's Castle. 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
44.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB