Red Lion Cottage, Hundon Road, Barnardiston, Haverhill, CB9 7TJ

Red Lion Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Barnardiston, Haverhill, Haverhill (CB9 7TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 269 m² (around 2895 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2023) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views, a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£414/sq ft) was about 93.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 269 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold February 2025 for £1,200,000. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, an annexe and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.