Oak House, Claypits Lane, Foxearth, Sudbury, CO10 7JD
About Oak House
Oak House is a four-bedroom detached house in Foxearth, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 7JD). It has a recorded floor area of 304 m² (around 3277 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 42). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 304 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £1,200,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£366/sq ft) was about 65.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageDouble
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
- Swimming poolYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Oak House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Oct 2018
EPC Rating
Planning history
Oak House has been through 5 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Aug 2023ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of details as reserved by condition 3 of approved application 23/00084/LBC
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/01480/DAC
- Aug 2023ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of details as reserved by conditions 4 & 5 of approved application 23/00084/LBC
- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/01390/DAC
What's in Oak House, Claypits Lane, Foxearth, Sudbury, CO10 7JD's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Oak House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,178,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 19 years.
£1,200,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
28 September 2021Most recent
£1,200,000
+65.5%over 12 years6 January 2009
£725,000
-12.0%over 2 years30 May 2006
£824,000
+45.8%over 3 years14 February 2003
£565,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO10 7JD: £315,000 (2022–2012).
Nearby sales in CO10 7JD
7 Claypits Lane, Foxearth, Sudbury, CO10 7JD
Sold Apr 2022
£365,000Foxgloves, Claypits Lane, Foxearth, Sudbury, CO10 7JD
Sold Mar 2021
£367,5005 Claypits Lane, Foxearth, Sudbury, CO10 7JD
Sold Nov 2020
£315,000Claypits Hall, Claypits Lane, Foxearth, Sudbury, CO10 7JD
Sold Sept 2006
£780,0009 Claypits Lane, Foxearth, Sudbury, CO10 7JD
Sold Feb 1998
£80,000
Versus other Claypits Lane homes
Price per m² for Oak House runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,942
Street avg £3,212
Floor Area
304 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
28.0 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
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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
Claypits Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.9 km
Long Melford Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB







