Thatched Cottage, Church Lane, Alpheton, Sudbury, CO10 9BL

Thatched Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Alpheton, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 9BL). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 913 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 85 m² it sits well below the postcode median (162 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in July 2015. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2001–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £622,000 is 49.9% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£455/sq ft) was about 151% above the typical sold price in the postcode.