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Lortay Cottage 2 Armoury Cottages, Armoury Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JP

2 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
3
From EPC
Floor area
68 m²
737 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 55
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Lortay Cottage 2 Armoury Cottages

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

Lortay Cottage 2 Armoury Cottages is a semi-detached house in West Bergholt, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 3JP). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 737 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (April 2011) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in August 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 68 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £372,000 sits 350.9% above the 1995 sale of £82,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£112/sq ft) was about 52% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.

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Valuation

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Risks

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Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

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

Lortay Cottage 2 Armoury Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Apr 2021

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D55
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
5.1 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Lortay Cottage 2 Armoury Cottages, Armoury Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JP, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Lortay Cottage 2 Armoury Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.

  1. Mar 2018
    AnnexFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey

    Resubmission of 172655 Single storey extension to form granny annex.

    Extension
    Documents
    6 docs on file
    Reference
    180110
    View planning record
  2. Dec 2017
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Single storey

    Single storey extension to from granny annex.

    Documents
    5 docs on file
    Reference
    172655
    View planning record
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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.

Lortay Cottage 2 Armoury Cottages's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).

Current estimate

£372,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (1995)

£82,500

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 31 August 1995Most recent

    £82,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 3JP: £175,000 (2025–2001).

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On the street

Versus other Armoury Road homes

Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

EPC Rating for Lortay Cottage 2 Armoury Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

EPC Rating

55 (D)

Street avg 20 (G)

Strongly above

Floor Area

68 m²

Street avg 58 m²

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

5.1 t/year

Street avg 3.2 t/year

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

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.

Crime

3/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.6 km

A12 Bridge — bus stop.

Closest school

1.1 km

Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West Bergholt. 9 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 3JP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CO6 3JP

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

53.0dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CO6 3JP

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

46.9dB

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