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About Beacon Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Beacon Cottage is a semi-detached house in Compton Dundon, Somerton, Somerton (TA11 6PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since November 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. Today's modelled estimate of £347,000 sits 98.3% above the 2005 sale of £175,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£196/sq ft) was about 43.5% below the postcode norm. At 83 m² it's 17% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E53
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£347,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2005)
£175,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Ham Lane homes
Four headline reads against 16 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On price per m², Beacon Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,108
Street avg £4,558
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Somerton district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around TA11 6PQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 24 points of interest in total.
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