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Durham House, Armoury Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JN

3 sales on record
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
98 m²
1055 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 62
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Durham House

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Durham House is a three-bedroom detached house in West Bergholt, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3JN). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £396,000 is 10% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£341/sq ft) was about 79.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £360,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms2
  • Open-plan layoutYes
  • Dining roomYes
  • CloakroomYes
  • EnsuiteYes

Outside

  • GarageIntegral
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Oct 2025

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D62
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Durham House, Armoury Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Durham House has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

1applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2001.

Current estimate

£396,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 20 years.

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Last sold (2021)

£360,000

Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 20 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 17 June 2021Most recent

    £360,000

    +16.1%over 5 years
  2. 29 January 2016

    £310,000

    +158.3%over 14 years
  3. 3 April 2001

    £120,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 3JN: £358,000 (2025–2013).

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On the street

Versus other Armoury Road homes

Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On habitable rooms, Durham House runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£3,673

Street avg £2,713

Strongly above

Floor Area

98 m²

Street avg 107 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

4.4 t/year

Street avg 4.1 t/year

On par
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Colchester district page.

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

Armoury Road — bus stop.

Closest school

0.6 km

Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West Bergholt. 7 schools nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO6 3JN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CO6 3JN

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.6dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CO6 3JN

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

41.0dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Durham House, Armoury Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JN. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.