Malting Cottage, Mersea Road, Abberton, Colchester, CO5 7NR
About Malting Cottage
Malting Cottage is a semi-detached house in Abberton, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7NR). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump.
Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in December 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £286,000 sits 376.7% above the 1997 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 59.3% below the postcode norm. At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (95 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
Malting Cottage has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Malting Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£286,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£60,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
10 December 1997Most recent
£60,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO5 7NR: £490,000 (2025–2015).
Nearby sales in CO5 7NR
Forge Cottage, Mersea Road, Abberton, Colchester, CO5 7NR
Sold May 2025
£490,000Little Oak Cottage, Mersea Road, Abberton, Colchester, CO5 7NR
Sold Jan 2025
£500,0001 Pond Cottages, Mersea Road, Abberton, Colchester, CO5 7NR
Sold Apr 2021
£267,500The Willow Grove, Mersea Road, Abberton, Colchester, CO5 7NR
Sold Dec 2020
£595,000Abberton House, Mersea Road, Abberton, Colchester, CO5 7NR
Sold Mar 2011
£410,000
Versus other Mersea Road homes
Malting Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,017
Street avg £3,527
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 7.4 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
Layer Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Langenhoe Community Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB