Vale Barn, Lydlinch Common, Sturminster Newton DT10 2JD

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 168 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

FC for £25,600 · £8,533 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£3186.6 yrs+10.8 pts · reaches E
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£21321.1 yrs+7.3 pts
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£23021.7 yrs+7.8 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£17928.0 yrs+6.1 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£24936.2 yrs+8.5 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£15,000 – £25,000£19150+ yrs+6.5 pts

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

£3,263
per year at grade F
£1,884
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,188 a year — a 4.6% annual return on £25,600.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2024, states £3,302 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary2.6 mi
Stalbridge Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.8 mi
William Barnes Primary SchoolPrimary3.2 mi
Sturminster Newton High SchoolSecondary3.4 miProgress 8 -0.39 · below average (2023/24)
Gillingham SchoolSecondary9.4 miProgress 8 -0.18 · average (2023/24)
King Arthur's SchoolSecondary9.5 miProgress 8 -0.21 · below 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.

6
crimes a month
36
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 31% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020433, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.