What type of property is Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT?

Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT is a 5-bedroom detached house.

What did Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT sell for?

Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT last sold for £800,000 in January 2010, around 16 years ago. Before that, it sold for £650,000 in December 2003, so prices have been rising over 6 years on record. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT changed over time?

Across 2 sales between December 2003 and January 2010, Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT rose from £650,000 to £800,000, a change of £150,000. That works out to roughly +3.4% per year compounded over 6 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT have?

The current EPC rating for Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT is E with a score of 44 out of 100, lodged in August 2009. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT?

Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT has a recorded floor area of 294 m² (3,161 sq ft), around 59 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 114% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in CO6 4HT. Source: EPC Register.

How is Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT heated?

The latest EPC at Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT records oil as the main heating fuel. Solar water heating is recorded against the property. Source: EPC Register.

What planning history does Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT have?

Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT has council approval for single-storey rear extension granted in April 2004 under ref. B/04/00340. Source: PlanIt planning register.

What council tax band is Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT?

Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT is in council tax band G. That sits towards the upper end of the band ladder, typically reflecting larger or higher-value homes.

Where is Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT located?

Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT sits in Nayland, Colchester, Colchester. It falls within the CO6 postcode district in Suffolk.

What is crime like near Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT?

Police records around Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT show an average of 3 reported crimes per month over the last 5 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 63% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT?

The closest primary school to Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT is Nayland Primary School (588m), one of 2 primaries within walking distance.

How well connected is Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT?

The closest bus stop to Longwood Barn, Fen Street, CO6 4HT is Longwood House, 134m away. In total there are 17 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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Longwood Barn, Fen Street, Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4HT

1 planning record

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Floor area

294 m²

3160 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 44

Council tax

Band G

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About Longwood Barn

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

Longwood Barn is a five-bedroom detached house in Nayland, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4HT). It has a recorded floor area of 294 m² (around 3160 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2009) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in January 2010. At 294 m² the property is well over the postcode median (133 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £987,000 is 23.4% above the 2010 sale price.

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Risks

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Trends

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Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms5

Energy

Energy performance

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

Longwood Barn's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Aug 2019

EPC Rating

E44

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Oil

Hot Water

Average

Windows

Average

CO2 Emissions

14.0 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Longwood Barn, Fen Street, Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4HT, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Longwood Barn has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.

Apr 2004
ExtensionFull
In report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single-storey rear extension.
Reference
B/04/00340
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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.

Longwood Barn valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.

Current estimate

£987,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 6 years.

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Last sold (2010)

£800,000

Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 6 years.

Sales timeline

28 January 2010Most recent
£800,000
+23.1%over 6 years
12 December 2003
£650,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 4HT: £735,000 (2024–2015).

Nearby sales in CO6 4HT

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On the street

Versus other Fen Street homes

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

Floor Area for Longwood Barn runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£2,725

Street avg £3,007

On par

Floor Area

294 m²

Street avg 145 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

8 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

14.0 t/year

Street avg 10.2 t/year

Strongly below

Comparables

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A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

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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

Longwood House — bus stop.

Closest school

0.6 km

Nayland Primary School. 2 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CO6 4HT from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.6dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CO6 4HT

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.5dB

Low

55 dB

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