53 Thorndon Hall, Thorndon Park, Ingrave, Brentwood, CM13 3RJ

53 Thorndon Hall is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ingrave, Brentwood, Brentwood (CM13 3RJ). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. At 61 m² this is the 5th smallest of 51 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 45–186 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B across 51 units on file. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2009. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Average and main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£434/sq ft) was about 66.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 61 m² it's 29.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 57 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Sold August 2022 for £285,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.