Lower Brickhouse Farm, Brook Hall Road, Fingringhoe, Colchester, CO5 7DG

Lower Brickhouse Farm is a seven-bedroom detached house in Fingringhoe, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7DG). It has a recorded floor area of 518 m² (around 5576 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil.

It hasn't traded since May 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 518 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,608,000 sits 83.8% above the 2008 sale of £875,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.