Ancient House, Shop Road, Clopton, Woodbridge, IP13 6QP

Ancient House is a four-bedroom detached house in Clopton, Woodbridge, Woodbridge (IP13 6QP). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in September 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 182 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £655,000 sits 59.8% above the 2012 sale of £410,000. 9 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On the market in January 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.