The Old Bakehouse, Rectory Road, Great Holland, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0JP
About The Old Bakehouse
The Old Bakehouse is a detached house in Great Holland, Frinton-On-Sea, Frinton On Sea (CO13 0JP). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.
4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 136 m² it's 22.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 12 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £538,000 is 22.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£301/sq ft) was about 141% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £440,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Old Bakehouse's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Apr 2020DemolitionOutlineIn report
Proposed erection of 2No. 4 bedroom detached dwellings and demolition of existing outbuilding.
- Documents
- 21 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00055/OUT
- May 2019Tree WorksTreesIn report
2 No. Hawthorn - remove, 2 No. Conifer - remove, 1 No. Tree of Heaven - remove, Old Hedge Line - remove, 2 No. Sycamore - remove, Various dead fruit trees - remove, 2 No. Ash trees - reduce by 50% and pollard, 1 No. Unidentified - remove
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/00593/TCA
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at The Old Bakehouse
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- 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.
£538,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£440,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 January 2021Most recent
£440,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO13 0JP: £260,000 (2023–2018).
Nearby sales in CO13 0JP
Torestyn, Rectory Road, Great Holland, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0JP
Sold Dec 2023
£100,000Rhamadie, Rectory Road, Great Holland, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0JP
Sold Jan 2023
£500Toowoomba, Rectory Road, Great Holland, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0JP
Sold Nov 2021
£260,000Byways, Rectory Road, Great Holland, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0JP
Sold Mar 2021
£595,000Ship Cottage, Rectory Road, Great Holland, Frinton On Sea, CO13 0JP
Sold Jun 2018
£325,000
Everything we know about The Old Bakehouse, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Rectory Road homes
Price per m² for The Old Bakehouse runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,235
Street avg £1,580
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 5.3 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Ship — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Kirby Primary Academy. 3 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
44.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB