2 Barn Farm Cottage, Barn Lane, Preston St Mary, Sudbury, CO10 9NB
About 2 Barn Farm Cottage
2 Barn Farm Cottage is a semi-detached house in Preston St. Mary, Sudbury, Sudbury (CO10 9NB). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £455,000 is 13.7% above the 2021 sale price. Sold April 2021 for £400,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
2 Barn Farm Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
2 Barn Farm Cottage has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2012ExtensionFullIn report
Erection of two-storey rear and single storey side extensions.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- B/12/00597
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£455,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 9 years.
£400,000
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
22 April 2021Most recent
£400,000
+90.5%over 8 years4 July 2012
£210,000
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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
1.1 km
Six Bells — bus stop.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB







