20 Market Square, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BN

20 Market Square is an end-of-terrace house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5BN). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2025. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

Across 2003–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £366,000 is 20.4% below the 2009 sale of £459,999, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£578/sq ft) was about 258.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It hasn't traded since May 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 74 m² it's 15.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 15 EPCs).