Mannings Farm Barn, Castlings Heath, Groton, Sudbury, CO10 5EU

Mannings Farm Barn is a detached house in Groton, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 5EU). It has a recorded floor area of 254 m² (around 2734 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 254 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: July 2019 at £850,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £973,000 is 14.5% above the 2019 sale price.