Spring Cottage, Batcombe, Shepton Mallet BA4 6HD

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 151 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FC for £33,485 · £11,162 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Heating controls£220 – £250£992.4 yrs+2.4 pts · reaches E
Cavity wall insulation£900 – £1,500£2025.9 yrs+4.8 pts
Loft insulation£900 – £1,200£1298.1 yrs+3.1 pts
Floor insulation£5,000 – £10,000£27127.7 yrs+6.5 pts
Solid wall insulation£7,500 – £11,000£29331.6 yrs+7.0 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£8,000 – £10,000£25135.9 yrs+6.0 pts
Double glazing£4,500 – £6,000£9850+ yrs+2.3 pts · reaches C

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£2,987
per year at grade F
£1,645
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,342 a year — a 4.0% annual return on £33,485.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2026, states £3,280 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Gold Hill Road: 1 sales since 1995

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Upton Noble CofE VC Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Evercreech Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.4 mi
Bruton Primary SchoolPrimary2.5 mi
Sexey's SchoolSecondary3.1 miProgress 8 +0.33 · above average (2023/24)
Ansford AcademySecondary4.5 miProgress 8 -0.42 · below average (2023/24)
WhitstoneSecondary4.9 miProgress 8 +0.06 · 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.

8
crimes a month
88
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 51% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029058, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Gold Hill Road

How this home sits against its street.

14
graded homes
48.4
average score
E
most common grade
-11.4
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.