5 Bridge Cottage, Lower Street, Cavendish, Sudbury, CO10 8AF
About 5 Bridge Cottage
5 Bridge Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in Cavendish, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 8AF). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 66), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £191,000 is 23.2% above the 2024 sale price. Last sale on file: £155,000 in September 2024.
Energy performance
5 Bridge Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Bridge Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
5 Bridge Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1998.
£191,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 26 years.
£155,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
19 September 2024Most recent
£155,000
26 March 2021
£155,000
+181.8%over 22 years6 August 1998
£55,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO10 8AF: £176,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in CO10 8AF
3 Bridge Cottage, Lower Street, Cavendish, Sudbury, CO10 8AF
Sold Jul 2024
£151,0004 Bridge Cottage, Lower Street, Cavendish, Sudbury, CO10 8AF
Sold Sept 2021
£188,0002 Bridge Cottage, Lower Street, Cavendish, Sudbury, CO10 8AF
Sold Sept 2019
£176,000Chestnut Cottage, Lower Street, Cavendish, Sudbury, CO10 8AF
Sold Jul 2018
£443,000Sandpiper Cottage, Lower Street, Cavendish, Sudbury, CO10 8AF
Sold Jan 2016
£160,000
Versus other Lower Street homes
5 Bridge Cottage is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£2,719
Street avg £3,512
Floor Area
57 m²
Street avg 65 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 5.5 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
0.1 km
Pentlow Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Cavendish Church of England Primary School. 2 schools 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
44.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB







