1 Tripps Cottage, Vicarage Road, Belchamp St Paul, Sudbury, CO10 7BP
About 1 Tripps Cottage
1 Tripps Cottage is a semi-detached house in Belchamp St. Paul, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 7BP). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in October 2019 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, lighting went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs.
At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (101 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Hot water system upgraded
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
1 Tripps Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
1 Tripps Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£223,000
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 5 sales in CO10 7BP: £685,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in CO10 7BP
Chestnut Cottage, Vicarage Road, Belchamp St Paul, Sudbury, CO10 7BP
Sold May 2024
£685,000Mulberry House, Vicarage Road, Belchamp St Paul, Sudbury, CO10 7BP
Sold Feb 2024
£1,900,000Ashwicken Lodge, Vicarage Road, Belchamp St Paul, Sudbury, CO10 7BP
Sold Sept 2020
£735,000Willow House, Vicarage Road, Belchamp St Paul, Sudbury, CO10 7BP
Sold Nov 2019
£640,000Croft View, Vicarage Road, Belchamp St Paul, Sudbury, CO10 7BP
Sold Apr 2018
£310,000
Versus other Vicarage Road homes
1 Tripps Cottage outperforms the street on co₂ emissions by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
35 (F)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
61 m²
Street avg 126 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.6 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 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
0.2 km
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Belchamp St Paul Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB







