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Get startedThe Old Forge is a six-bedroom detached house in Brockford, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 5NU). It has a recorded floor area of 290 m² (around 3122 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £643,000 is 39.2% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£148/sq ft) was about 41.6% below the postcode norm. At 290 m² the property is well over the postcode median (130 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 18 planning records sit against the property, 14 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sold in February 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years.
The Old Forge's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Aug 2022
A recent planning application at The Old Forge was refused — worth checking the council file.
Application for Listed Building Consent - The replacement of a non-compliant oil tank situated within the curtilage of a Listed Building.
The Old Forge has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£643,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 18 years.
£462,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 18 years.
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Price per m² for The Old Forge lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,593
Street avg £4,017
Floor Area
290 m²
Street avg 182 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.8dB

Application for Listed Building Consent - Removal of concrete render from fireplace as detailed within the Design and Access Statement and Schedule of Works.
16 more applications for this property
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21 February 2014Most recent
£462,000
+12.7%over 7 years6 July 2006
£410,000
+182.8%over 9 years14 August 1996
£145,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP14 5NU: £330,000 (2023–2005).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
IP14 5QY
Wetheringsett Turn — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Wetheringsett Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB