Marks Barn Cottage, Marks Barn, Crewkerne TA18 7TS

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 228 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, LPG

Upgrade Plan

GE for £23,000 · £11,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£2020.5 yrs+3.7 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2394.2 yrs+4.4 pts · reaches F
Heating controls£350 – £450£874.6 yrs+1.6 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1795.6 yrs+3.3 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£18626.9 yrs+3.4 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£22229.3 yrs+4.1 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£25934.8 yrs+4.8 pts · reaches E
Double glazing(optional, beyond E)£3,300 – £6,500£8750+ yrs+1.6 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

£4,078
per year at grade G
£2,618
per year at grade E

The full plan saves £1,373 a year — a 6.0% annual return on £23,000.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

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
Ashlands Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Merriott Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Hinton St George Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.3 mi
Wadham SchoolSecondary1.0 miProgress 8 -0.27 · below average (2023/24)
Stanchester AcademySecondary5.0 miProgress 8 -0.17 · average (2023/24)
Beaminster SchoolSecondary6.4 miProgress 8 -0.08 · 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.

4.7
crimes a month
42
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 40% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029190, 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.