Dragonfly Cottage, Tuddenham Road, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6AG
About Dragonfly Cottage
Dragonfly Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Barton Mills, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6AG). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.
Across 2001–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £494,000 is 33.5% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£258/sq ft) was about 200.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in February 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2014.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- ParkingOff road
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Dragonfly Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2014Tree WorksTreesIn report
Fell one Cupressus and one Leylandii
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/14/1077/TCA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Dragonfly Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£494,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.0% per year over 16 years.
£370,000
Growth on file: 8.0% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
7 February 2018Most recent
£370,000
+249.1%over 16 years22 October 2001
£106,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP28 6AG: £165,000 (2024–2000).
Nearby sales in IP28 6AG
2 Flint House, Tuddenham Road, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6AG
Sold Jun 2024
£162,0001 Flint Cottage, Tuddenham Road, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6AG
Sold Mar 2024
£165,000Jubilee Farm Bungalow, Tuddenham Road, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6AG
Sold Dec 2015
£203,000Yew Tree, Tuddenham Road, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6AG
Sold Aug 2001
£330,000Eastfield House, Tuddenham Road, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6AG
Sold Sept 1997
£138,500
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Tuddenham Road homes
Dragonfly Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,782
Street avg £1,618
Floor Area
133 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 6.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Bull Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Mildenhall College Academy. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.1dB