The Old Red Lion, Cook Road, Holme Hale, Thetford, IP25 7DJ
About The Old Red Lion
The Old Red Lion is a five-bedroom detached house in Holme Hale, Thetford, Thetford (IP25 7DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 244 m² (around 2626 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a loft. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 97), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 244 m² the property is well over the postcode median (138 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£209/sq ft) was about 69.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £550,000 in November 2024.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- LoftYes
Outside
- Private gardenWrap around
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Solar panelsYes
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
The Old Red Lion'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Nov 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at The Old Red Lion is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Oct 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
T11- Sycamore, clear and cut to near ground level. Sycamore has a structural bark inclusion on main stem with a 60/40 crown device. Dwelling within target zone. Within the bark inclusion there is a bacterial infection increasing the risk of failure on main stem. Crown reduction and bracing is not a long term management plant due to overextending limbs and very little options for pruning points (BS3998), bracing would only reduce the risk however given the location next to structure this would still be unacceptable risk management. Good options to replant in domestic garden for future amenity value.
- Reference
- PL/2025/1490/TRE
- Aug 2017Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Sycamore - Minor Crown Lift to clear property and 15% crown thin and clean.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- TRE/2017/0169/TPO
What's in The Old Red Lion, Cook Road, Holme Hale, Thetford, IP25 7DJ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on The Old Red Lion was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£595,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£550,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 November 2024Most recent
£550,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP25 7DJ: £315,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in IP25 7DJ
Fairways, Cook Road, Holme Hale, Thetford, IP25 7DJ
Sold Jul 2024
£540,00032 Cook Road, Holme Hale, Thetford, IP25 7DJ
Sold Feb 2021
£315,000The Fold, Cook Road, Holme Hale, Thetford, IP25 7DJ
Sold Sept 2019
£292,500Bliss Barn, Cook Road, Holme Hale, Thetford, IP25 7DJ
Sold Apr 2019
£175,00020 Cook Road, Holme Hale, Thetford, IP25 7DJ
Sold Dec 2018
£196,950
Everything we know about The Old Red Lion, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Cook Road homes
Years Held for The Old Red Lion lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,254
Street avg £2,108
Floor Area
244 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
18.0 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
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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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
2.0 km
Necton VA Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB