3 Market Square, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BN

3 Market Square is a mid-terrace house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5BN). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since September 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 56 m² this is the 5th smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–224 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 16 units on file.

Held since March 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1998–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £185,000 sits 164.3% above the 2001 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£116/sq ft) was about 36.9% below the postcode norm. At 56 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 15 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2012.