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Fernlea Cottage, Newmans Green, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AB

Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
4
From EPC
Floor area
85 m²
915 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 49
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Fernlea Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Fernlea Cottage is a semi-detached house in Acton, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 0AB). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 85 m² it sits well below the postcode median (139 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.

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Everything you need to know about Fernlea Cottage

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E49
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Fernlea Cottage, Newmans Green, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AB, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Fernlea Cottage has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

2applications of note in the surrounding area

Before you offer

We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Fernlea Cottage

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Fernlea Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.

Current estimate

£278,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

See how we calculated this

No sales recorded with HM Land Registry

That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.

Median price across the last 5 sales in CO10 0AB: £850,000 (2023–2021).

On the street

Versus other Newmans Green homes

Four headline reads against 19 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On habitable rooms, Fernlea Cottage runs well behind the street norm.

EPC Rating

49 (E)

Street avg 51 (E)

On par

Floor Area

85 m²

Street avg 149 m²

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

5.5 t/year

Street avg 8.0 t/year

Above

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Strongly below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Fernlea Cottage

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Larger development activity nearby
£14.99one-off

30-day money-back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£300k

1 Beech Road, Great Cornard

CO10 0EZ

£257k

1 Ash Grove, Great Cornard

CO10 0HB

£255k

1 Bantocks Road, Great Waldingfield

CO10 0RT

3 bed1 bath
£241k

1 Blythe Close, Acton

CO10 0WL

£237k

1 Brickyard Cottage, Chapel Lane, Little Cornard

CO10 0PB

2 bed1 bath
£337k

1 Bramley Close, Chilton

CO10 0GD

£340k

1 Babergh Close, Acton

CO10 0UJ

3 bed1 bath
£226k

1 Badleys Close, Great Waldingfield

CO10 0RS

Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Sudbury district page.
Full Sudbury report

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

0.1 km

Green Farm — bus stop.

Closest school

1.3 km

Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 7 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO10 0AB from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CO10 0AB

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

43.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CO10 0AB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.8dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Fernlea Cottage, Newmans Green, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0AB. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.