The Rectory, Brook Road, Great Tey, Colchester, CO6 1JF
About The Rectory
The Rectory is a detached house in Great Tey, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 1JF). It has a recorded floor area of 199 m² (around 2142 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows a G (score 19), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 199 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£352/sq ft) was about 18% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £755,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Rectory's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
Ash tree - T1 Remove to ground level, tree is dead and potentially dangerous.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 242357
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on The Rectory was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£819,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£755,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 June 2021Most recent
£755,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 1JF: £310,000 (2019–2007).
Nearby sales in CO6 1JF
2 Rectory Cottages, Brook Road, Great Tey, Colchester, CO6 1JF
Sold Oct 2019
£340,000White House, Brook Road, Great Tey, Colchester, CO6 1JF
Sold Aug 2016
£450,0005 Rectory Cottages, Brook Road, Great Tey, Colchester, CO6 1JF
Sold Nov 2015
£310,0004 Rectory Cottages, Brook Road, Great Tey, Colchester, CO6 1JF
Sold Aug 2002
£152,5001 Rectory Cottages, Brook Road, Great Tey, Colchester, CO6 1JF
Sold Mar 2000
£114,000
Everything we know about The Rectory, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Brook Road homes
EPC Rating for The Rectory lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
19 (G)
Street avg 48 (E)
Floor Area
199 m²
Street avg 101 m²
CO₂ Emissions
19.0 t/year
Street avg 6.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Great Tey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB