26 Church Meadow, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6AT
About 26 Church Meadow
26 Church Meadow is a detached house in Barton Mills, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6AT). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
Held since April 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £265,000 sits 301.5% above the 1999 sale of £66,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£109/sq ft) was about 33.5% below the postcode norm. At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (92 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
26 Church Meadow has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jan 2017ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Householder Prior Approval - Single storey rear extension which extends beyond rear wall of the original house by 7.813 metres with a maximum height of 4 metres and a height of 2.35 metres to the eaves
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/16/2650/HPA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
26 Church Meadow's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£265,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£66,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 April 1999Most recent
£66,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP28 6AT: £248,000 (2019–2015).
Nearby sales in IP28 6AT
2 Church Meadow, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6AT
Sold Nov 2019
£340,00024 Church Meadow, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6AT
Sold Oct 2017
£260,00016 Church Meadow, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6AT
Sold Aug 2016
£248,00022 Church Meadow, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6AT
Sold Jul 2015
£220,00042 Church Meadow, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6AT
Sold Sept 2011
£164,000
Everything we know about 26 Church Meadow, in one report
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 Church Meadow homes
26 Church Meadow outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,179
Street avg £2,396
Floor Area
56 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 4.8 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.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Church Meadow — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Mildenhall College Academy. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB