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Get startedBarnfield Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Manningtree (CO11 2AD). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£402/sq ft) was about 67% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 74 m² it's 26.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 3 EPCs). Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £320,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Barnfield Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed first floor extension to rear of property.
Latest sale on Barnfield Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£344,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 22 years.
£320,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 22 years.
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Barnfield Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,324
Street avg £3,288
Floor Area
74 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
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15 September 2021Most recent
£320,000
+10.3%over 3 years17 November 2017
£290,000
+314.3%over 17 years28 January 2000
£70,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO11 2AD: £175,000 (2025–2010).
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CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
CO11 2JW
Oxford Rd — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Highfields Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB