37 Barrack Street, Colchester, CO1 2LL
About 37 Barrack Street
37 Barrack Street is a semi-detached house in Colchester (CO1 2LL). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump.
At 61 m² it's 19.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (51 m² median across 17 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £191,000 is 29.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 17.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £148,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
37 Barrack Street has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
10 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Price for 37 Barrack Street has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£191,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 26 years.
£148,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
25 November 2021Most recent
£148,000
+3.5%10 October 2021
£143,000
+25.4%over 13 years14 August 2008
£114,000
-3.4%over 2 years23 November 2005
£118,000
+162.2%over 5 years31 January 2000
£45,000
+25.0%over 2 years12 June 1997
£36,000
+27.4%over 1 year22 March 1996
£28,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO1 2LL: £195,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in CO1 2LL
Versus other Barrack Street homes
On epc rating, 37 Barrack Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,426
Street avg £3,009
Floor Area
61 m²
Street avg 61 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Cannon Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester. 29 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB







