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Get started1 Church Close is a detached house in Lydeard St. Lawrence, Taunton, Taunton (TA4 3SF). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £493,000 is 35.1% above the 2019 sale price. At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Sold May 2019 for £365,000.
1 Church Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history at 1 Church Close is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
Application to carry out management works to two Beech trees included in Taunton Deane Borough (Lydeard St. Lawrence No.1) Tree Preservation Order 2012 at Church Close, Lydeard St. Lawrence (TD1101)
1 Church Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£493,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 17 years.
£365,000
Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 17 years.
1 Church Close is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
35 (F)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
128 m²
Street avg 96 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.1 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.9dB

NOTIFICATION TO COPPICE 3 WILLOW TREES WITHIN LYDEARD ST. LAWRENCE CONSERVATION AREA AT CHURCH CLOSE, LYDEARD ST. LAWRENCE
1 more application for this property
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30 May 2019Most recent
£365,000
+6.6%over 2 years26 January 2017
£342,500
+63.5%over 14 years23 August 2002
£209,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in TA4 3SF: £250,000 (2024–2003).
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Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Post Office — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB
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