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Locally, houses of this size normally have 4 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of Lower Prestleigh Cottage, Shepton Mallet is £575,989 and its rental estimate is £1,428 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Prestleigh, Shepton Mallet, BA4 falls within the BA4 postal district.
Lower Prestleigh Cottage, Shepton Mallet has no records in the the Land Registry and a single entry in the EPC database dated October 2008.
We combine this information with public data of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 2 out of 5 and is considered of medium accuracy.
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For Lower Prestleigh Cottage, Shepton Mallet, we estimate a market value of £604,788 and a rental value of £1,499 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £535,670 and £1,328 per month respectively.
Over the last year, Lower Prestleigh Cottage, Shepton Mallet has seen its estimated sale value decline by £15,857 (2.8%) and its estimated rental value climb by £21 per month (1.5%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 3.0%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for Lower Prestleigh Cottage, Shepton Mallet as measuring 181 m2.
That makes it the 6th largest plot in the postcode, where 7 of the 12 other houses have recorded plot data.
Lower Prestleigh Cottage, Shepton Mallet has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of E. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 23 Oct 2008.
The property is not connected to mains gas and has partial double glazing. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, oil.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to Lower Prestleigh Cottage, Shepton Mallet have sold within a radius of 2.6 kilometres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 20th June 2025, was Perry Barn, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4NR, a freehold house which sold for £620,000.
Read more about house prices in BA4.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 28 addresses on Prestleigh, Shepton Mallet, BA4, Lower Prestleigh Cottage, Shepton Mallet comes out as the 6th largest and the 4th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £215k more expensive than the average property across the BA4 district.
From Lower Prestleigh Cottage, Shepton Mallet, the nearest station is Castle Cary, 7.0 kilometres away.
Internet coverage here is poor, based on recent Ofcom data, and connectivity may be weak or unavailable.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Slow/none broadband is available in the area.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
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The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around Lower Prestleigh Cottage, Shepton Mallet, 50.0% of property is privately owned outright and 32.3% is privately owned with a mortgage.
The graph below shows how this compares to South West and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around Lower Prestleigh Cottage, Shepton Mallet, 15.8% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 33.0% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to South West and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around Lower Prestleigh Cottage, Shepton Mallet, the average age was 45.4 and the most common age was 57.
The graph below shows how this compares to South West and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around Lower Prestleigh Cottage, Shepton Mallet, 0.6% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for South West and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around Lower Prestleigh Cottage, Shepton Mallet, there are an average of 2.0 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to South West and the rest of England & Wales.