8 Castle Green, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BY

8 Castle Green is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bishops Castle (SY9 5BY). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (August 2020); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 131 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2020–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 45.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £485,000 in September 2024.