Charnock, Ickleton Road, Elmdon, Saffron Walden, CB11 4LT
About Charnock
Charnock is a semi-detached house in Elmdon, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 4LT). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil.
Sold December 2018 for £441,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £566,000 is 28.2% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£328/sq ft) was about 47.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 125 m² it's 18.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (154 m² median across 23 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Charnock's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Window efficiency improved
Planning history
Charnock has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single storey side extension and alterations.
- Agent
- Donald Purkiss & Associates LLP
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/16/0498/HHF
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1996.
£566,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 22 years.
£441,500
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
28 December 2018Most recent
£441,500
+52.2%over 13 years9 December 2005
£290,000
+108.3%over 8 years19 August 1997
£139,250
+21.1%over 1 year30 July 1996
£115,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 4LT: £625,000 (2021–2021).
Nearby sales in CB11 4LT
Church Cottage, Ickleton Road, Elmdon, Saffron Walden, CB11 4LT
Sold Dec 2021
£630,000Drumcon, Ickleton Road, Elmdon, Saffron Walden, CB11 4LT
Sold Sept 2021
£625,000Baldwin House, Ickleton Road, Elmdon, Saffron Walden, CB11 4LT
Sold Sept 2021
£950,000Rose Cottage, Ickleton Road, Elmdon, Saffron Walden, CB11 4LT
Sold May 2021
£228,000Old Vicarage Cottage, Ickleton Road, Elmdon, Saffron Walden, CB11 4LT
Sold Apr 2021
£405,000
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Ickleton Road homes
Price per m²
£3,532
Street avg £3,145
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 170 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 9.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Ickleton Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB