Shell Cottage, Mill Street, Withycombe, Minehead TA24 6QD

Mid-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 73 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

DA for £34,500 · £11,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1090.9 yrs+5.4 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1307.7 yrs+6.4 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£478.5 yrs+2.3 pts · reaches C
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£8032.7 yrs+3.9 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£10149.7 yrs+4.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£14050+ yrs+6.9 pts · reaches B
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£12050+ yrs+5.9 pts
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£4750+ yrs+2.3 pts · reaches A

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

£1,267
per year at grade D
£494
per year at grade A

The full plan saves £773 a year — a 2.2% annual return on £34,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £980 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

5 July 2005£180,000
27 October 2000£77,000
11 April 1995£50,000

Estimated today: £310,938 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Mill Street: 8 sales since 1995 · £297,500 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Old Cleeve Church of England First SchoolPrimary2.0 mi
Dunster First SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
Timberscombe Church of England First SchoolPrimary3.8 mi
West Somerset CollegeSecondary3.3 miProgress 8 -0.50 · below average (2023/24)
Kingsmead AcademySecondary9.5 miProgress 8 -0.32 · 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.

6.9
crimes a month
69
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 57% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029326, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Mill Street

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
36.4
average score
E
most common grade
+18.6
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.