1 Market Steps, High Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BE
About 1 Market Steps
1 Market Steps is a semi-detached house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5BE). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2023) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since October 2009. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 119 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
1 Market Steps's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Market Steps has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
1 Market Steps has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£291,000
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 5BE: £220,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in SY9 5BE
1 High Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BE
Sold Nov 2024
£305,00027 High Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BE
Sold Aug 2024
£180,00025a, High Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BE
Sold Feb 2022
£225,00021 High Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BE
Sold Aug 2021
£220,00039a, High Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BE
Sold Apr 2018
£205,000
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Versus other High Street homes
On co₂ emissions, 1 Market Steps runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
28 (F)
Street avg 30 (F)
Floor Area
119 m²
Street avg 103 m²
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 8.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 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.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB