Bacons Cottage, Crow Street, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6AG
About Bacons Cottage
Bacons Cottage is a detached house in Bishop's Stortford (CM22 6AG). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59).
At 124 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£363/sq ft) was about 32.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £485,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Bacons Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2023Tree WorksTreesIn report
1no. Holly and Hawthorn hedge- reduce height
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/23/2763/TCA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£533,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£485,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 June 2021Most recent
£485,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CM22 6AG: £1,100,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in CM22 6AG
York Cottage, Crow Street, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6AG
Sold Apr 2023
£1,250,000Hollybank, Crow Street, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6AG
Sold Aug 2021
£820,2501 Suckling Cottages, Crow Street, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6AG
Sold Aug 2021
£865,000Littlebrook, Crow Street, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6AG
Sold Aug 2021
£1,100,000Bacons Farm, Crow Street, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6AG
Sold Jun 2021
£1,200,000
Everything we know about Bacons Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Crow Street homes
On co₂ emissions, Bacons Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,911
Street avg £6,330
Floor Area
124 m²
Street avg 141 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 5.8 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
0.0 km
Carters Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Henham and Ugley Primary and Nursery School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB