Manwood Barn, Mersea Road, Abberton, Colchester, CO5 7NS

Manwood Barn is a four-bedroom detached house in Abberton, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 7NS). It has a recorded floor area of 299 m² (around 3218 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2015) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). The latest certificate is from August 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot.

Sale prices here have outpaced Colchester HPI: 2.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £951,000 is 13.5% below the 2025 sale of £1,100,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£342/sq ft) was about 69.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 299 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold May 2025 for £1,100,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.