Mousehall Cottage, Back Heywood, Diss, IP22 5TE
About Mousehall Cottage
Mousehall Cottage is a detached house in Diss (IP22 5TE). It has a recorded floor area of 228 m² (around 2454 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on electricity.
At 228 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £497,000 is 42% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £350,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Mousehall Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Mousehall Cottage has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£497,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£350,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 May 2021Most recent
£350,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in IP22 5TE: £63,000 (2000–1995).
Everything we know about Mousehall Cottage, in one report
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Versus other Back Heywood homes
On epc rating, Mousehall Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
44 (E)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
228 m²
Street avg 87 m²
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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.
Closest school
1.8 km
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Winfarthing. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB