Longbarn, Bishops Lydeard, Taunton TA4 3HS

Semi-Detached house · Built 1991-1995 · 221 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

EC for £11,750 · £5,875 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£2244.5 yrs+4.8 pts · reaches D
Heating controls£350 – £450£814.9 yrs+1.8 pts
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£18514.8 yrs+4.0 pts
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£13818.9 yrs+3.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£17428.8 yrs+3.7 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation(optional, beyond C)£4,000 – £14,000£24237.2 yrs+5.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels(optional, beyond C)£9,000 – £14,000£20750+ yrs+4.5 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

£2,983
per year at grade E
£1,732
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £802 a year — a 6.8% annual return on £11,750.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £2,358 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
Bishops Lydeard Church SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Cotford St Luke Primary SchoolPrimary2.1 mi
Pyrland SchoolSecondary4.9 miNot in the KS4 performance tables
Kingsmead AcademySecondary5.1 miProgress 8 -0.32 · below average (2023/24)
The Castle SchoolSecondary5.1 miProgress 8 +0.60 · well above 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.

3.4
crimes a month
34
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 62% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01029268, 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.