The Sparrows, Assington Road, Newton, Sudbury, CO10 0QX

The Sparrows is a detached house in Newton, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 0QX). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 973 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2011) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 90 m² it sits well below the postcode median (157 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2006–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£414/sq ft) was about 53.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £402,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.