1 Beech Cottages, Church Street, Stoke By Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4QH
About 1 Beech Cottages
1 Beech Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Stoke By Nayland, Colchester, Colchester (CO6 4QH). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 618 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (April 2010) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1998–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £355,000 is 29.1% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£445/sq ft) was about 95.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in January 2012.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
1 Beech 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 Apr 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Beech Cottages has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Aug 2022FullIn report
Householder Application: Erection of summerhouse (following demolition of existing shed/summerhouse)
- Agent
- RG Landscape and Construction
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/22/03444
- Jan 2004ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single-storey rear extension. As amended by drawings nos 3393/03(B) and 3393/04(B) received on 14/01/04 to show omission of rooflights and correct orientation of proposal.
- Reference
- B/03/02124
What's in 1 Beech Cottages, Church Street, Stoke By Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4QH's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£355,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.9% per year over 13 years.
£275,000
Growth on file: 9.9% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
9 January 2012Most recent
£275,000
-6.8%over 3 years8 February 2008
£295,000
+268.8%over 9 years24 November 1998
£80,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CO6 4QH: £370,000 (2023–2012).
Nearby sales in CO6 4QH
3 Beech Cottages, Church Street, Stoke By Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4QH
Sold Jul 2023
£365,0002 Beech Cottages, Church Street, Stoke By Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4QH
Sold Apr 2022
£370,000Street House, Church Street, Stoke By Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4QH
Sold Mar 2019
£742,500Halfmoon House, Church Street, Stoke By Nayland, Colchester, CO6 4QH
Sold Nov 2012
£650,000
Everything we know about 1 Beech Cottages, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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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
0.0 km
Village Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Stoke-by-Nayland Church of England Primary School. 2 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
46.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB