23 High Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BE

23 High Street is a four-bedroom detached house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5BE). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since December 2008, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. 15 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 5 refused. Past consents include an annexe, an extension, partial demolition and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £390,000 is 23.8% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£563/sq ft) was about 222.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.