Oak Cottage, Back Lane, Downside, Shepton Mallet BA4 4JR

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 97 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.

Running costs

£2,376
per year at grade F
£928
per year at grade A

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £1,413 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

4 September 2020£285,000
15 June 2006£200,000
10 August 2001£115,000

Estimated today: £338,007 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Back Lane: 30 sales since 1995 · £348,989 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Shepton Mallet Community Infants' School & NurseryPrimary0.7 mi
St Paul's Church of England VC Junior SchoolPrimary0.8 mi
Bowlish Infant SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
WhitstoneSecondary0.8 miProgress 8 +0.06 · average (2023/24)
The Blue SchoolSecondary4.9 miProgress 8 +0.19 · average (2023/24)
Norton Hill AcademySecondary6.1 miProgress 8 +0.16 · average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

11.1
crimes a month
111
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 45% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029064, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Back Lane

How this home sits against its street.

10
graded homes
41.6
average score
D
most common grade
-12.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.