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3 sales on record
About The Old Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
The Old Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Winston, Stowmarket, Stowmarket (IP14 6BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£423/sq ft) was about 100.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 101 m² it's 27.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (140 m² median across 6 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: July 2023 at £460,000.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
The Old Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate(1 of 3)
Jun 2024
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E39
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
7.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against The Old Cottage, Debenham Road, Winston, Stowmarket, IP14 6BQ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Dec 2024ConditionsGranted
Discharge of Conditions Application for DC/23/05648 - Conditions 5 (Bound Material) and 6 (Surface Water Discharge Prevention)
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on The Old Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£421,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 16 years.
Last sold (2023)
£460,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
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The complete analysis of The Old Cottage, Debenham Road, Winston, Stowmarket, IP14 6BQ
Everything we know about this property, compiled into one in-depth, downloadable report.
Versus other Debenham Road homes
Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
The Old Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,554
Street avg £1,964
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 136 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Stowmarket district page.
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
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP14 6BQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 26 points of interest in total.
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