Ivy Cottage, Blackmoor Row, Shipdham, Thetford, IP25 7PU
About Ivy Cottage
Ivy Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Shipdham, Thetford, Thetford (IP25 7PU). It has a recorded floor area of 200 m² (around 2153 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 200 m² the property is well over the postcode median (118 m² across 6 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. Today's modelled estimate of £558,000 sits 50.4% above the 2016 sale of £371,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£172/sq ft) was about 30.6% below the postcode norm. Last sold in May 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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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
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- LandYes
Building
- Solar panelsYes
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Ivy Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Dec 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Single storey front extension
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 3PL/2016/1075/HOU
- Aug 2011FullIn report
Erection of windcharger - height 6.3 metres
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 3PL/2011/0674/F
What's in Ivy Cottage, Blackmoor Row, Shipdham, Thetford, IP25 7PU's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Ivy Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£558,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£371,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 May 2016Most recent
£371,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP25 7PU: £340,000 (2019–2007).
Nearby sales in IP25 7PU
White House, Blackmoor Row, Shipdham, Thetford, IP25 7PU
Sold Jul 2019
£340,000Spring Cottage, Blackmoor Row, Shipdham, Thetford, IP25 7PU
Sold Oct 2016
£310,000Gurdon Cottages, Blackmoor Row, Shipdham, Thetford, IP25 7PU
Sold Aug 2013
£380,000Blackmoor Farm, Blackmoor Row, Shipdham, Thetford, IP25 7PU
Sold Sept 2008
£500,000Blackmoor Cottage, Blackmoor Row, Shipdham, Thetford, IP25 7PU
Sold Aug 1999
£108,600
Everything we know about Ivy Cottage, in one report
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Versus other Blackmoor Row homes
EPC Rating for Ivy Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,855
Street avg £2,596
Floor Area
200 m²
Street avg 146 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 9.9 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
0.6 km
Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy. 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
42.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB