What kind of home is The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG?

The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG is a 2-bedroom detached house.

What was the last sold price for The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG?

The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG last sold for £225,000 in March 2021, around 5 years ago. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG?

The current EPC rating for The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG is E with a score of 39 out of 100, lodged in September 2010. Source: EPC Register.

How big is The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG?

The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (568 sq ft), around 26 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 36% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in IP22 1AG. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG use?

The latest EPC at The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG records oil as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Which area is The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG in?

The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG sits in Palgrave, Diss, Diss. It falls within the IP22 postcode district in Suffolk.

How safe is the area around The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG?

Police records around The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 5 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 50% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG?

The closest primary school to The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG is Palgrave Church of England Primary School (70m), one of 4 primaries within walking distance. The closest secondary is Diss High School (1.8km).

What transport links are near The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG?

The closest bus stop to The Old Reading Room, The Green, IP22 1AG is Church, 155m away. The nearest rail option is Diss Rail Station, 1.6km away.

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The Old Reading Room, The Green, Palgrave, Diss, IP22 1AG

Property type

Detached

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

53 m²

568 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 39

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About The Old Reading Room

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

The Old Reading Room is a two-bedroom detached house in Palgrave, Diss, Diss (IP22 1AG). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 568 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £269,000 is 19.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£396/sq ft) was about 96.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £225,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Risks

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Sold prices

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Trends

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Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1
Dining roomYes
CloakroomYes

Outside

Private gardenRear
GarageYes

Building

RefurbishedYes

Energy

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 Reading Room'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 13 Sept 2020

EPC Rating

E39

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Oil

Hot Water

Poor

Windows

Very Poor

CO2 Emissions

7.5 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against The Old Reading Room, The Green, Palgrave, Diss, IP22 1AG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

The Old Reading Room has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

6applications of note in the surrounding area

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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.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£269,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2021)

£225,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

28 March 2021Most recent
£225,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in IP22 1AG: £300,000 (2025–2022).

Nearby sales in IP22 1AG

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On the street

Versus other The Green homes

Four headline reads against 22 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On floor area, The Old Reading Room runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£4,265

Street avg £2,888

Strongly above

Floor Area

53 m²

Street avg 114 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

7.5 t/year

Street avg 6.5 t/year

Below

Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Diss district page.

Full Diss report

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

Church — bus stop.

Closest school

0.1 km

Palgrave Church of England Primary School. 5 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP22 1AG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.5dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for IP22 1AG

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

37.9dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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