56 Rectory Road, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7HY
About 56 Rectory Road
56 Rectory Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Rowhedge, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7HY). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2013) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 95). The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since November 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 110 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £330,000 sits 139.1% above the 2003 sale of £138,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£117/sq ft) was about 41.5% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
56 Rectory Road ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Dec 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
56 Rectory Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 56 Rectory Road, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7HY
- May 2004ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- F/COL/04/0703
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Sales history & valuation
56 Rectory Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£330,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£138,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 November 2003Most recent
£138,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 7HY: £312,000 (2022–2020).
Nearby sales in CO5 7HY
81 Rectory Road, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7HY
Sold Jun 2022
£375,000Carleton Court, Flat 6, Rectory Road, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7HY
Sold Feb 2022
£175,00066 Rectory Road, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7HY
Sold Dec 2021
£325,00096 Rectory Road, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7HY
Sold Mar 2021
£20,00094 Rectory Road, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7HY
Sold Sept 2020
£312,000
Versus other Rectory Road homes
On epc rating, 56 Rectory Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£1,255
Street avg £3,091
Floor Area
110 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.9 t/year
Street avg 3.7 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
0.0 km
Rowhedge — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB







