The Manse, High Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BQ

The Manse is a detached house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (around 1744 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 162 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £478,000 is 12.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£244/sq ft) was about 109.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £425,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.