2 Baring Gould Cottages, East Road, East Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8TQ
About 2 Baring Gould Cottages
2 Baring Gould Cottages is a semi-detached house in East Mersea, Colchester, Colchester (CO5 8TQ). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil.
At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Planning history
2 Baring Gould Cottages has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 2 Baring Gould Cottages, East Road, East Mersea, Colchester, CO5 8TQ
- Mar 2002ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single storey side extension.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- F/COL/02/0195
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Sales history & valuation
2 Baring Gould Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£370,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 3 sales in CO5 8TQ: £196,400 (2020–2006).
Versus other East Road homes
Habitable Rooms for 2 Baring Gould Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
55 (D)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
118 m²
Street avg 93 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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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
Church Lane — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB