The Old Rectory, The Street, Hepworth, Diss, IP22 2PS

The Old Rectory is an eight-bedroom detached house in Hepworth, Diss, Diss (IP22 2PS). It has a recorded floor area of 348 m² (around 3742 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 41). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 348 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 46 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. 8 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, partial demolition and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1997–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£421/sq ft) was about 108% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,575,000 in March 2024.