Slough Farm Cottage, Slough Farm Lane, Acton, Sudbury, CO10 0BN
About Slough Farm Cottage
Slough Farm Cottage is a semi-detached house in Acton, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 0BN). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One historical planning record sits against the property in 2015. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (173 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 Jan 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
Slough Farm Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Feb 2015RenovationHeritageIn report
Application for Listed Building Consent - Re-roofing pitched roofs; replacement of asbestos/cement rainwater goods; and repair and reset brick arches to front elevation.
Listed- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- B/14/01623
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Sales history & valuation
Slough Farm Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£276,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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 1 sales in CO10 0BN: £380,000 (2003–2003).
Nearby sales in CO10 0BN
Versus other Slough Farm Lane homes
Slough Farm Cottage is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 171 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 9.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
1.1 km
Green Willows — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Acton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB







