The Croft, Mildenhall Road, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6BD
About The Croft
The Croft is a five-bedroom detached house in Barton Mills, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6BD). It has a recorded floor area of 179 m² (around 1927 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 179 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £900,000 is 16.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£402/sq ft) was about 89.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £775,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble, Integral
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
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Energy performance
The Croft's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 25 January 2031
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Planning history
A partial demolition application was refused at The Croft in 2023.
2 applications on record at The Croft, Mildenhall Road, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6BD
- Jul 2022ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey
Householder planning application - a. two storey front extension; b. two storey side and rear extension; c. conversion and extension of existing garage to habitable space; d. single storey side extension to existing garage (following demolition of existing flat roofed garage); e. roof alterations to existing link extension; f. two bay cartlodge with room above
- Documents
- 25 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/22/0021/HH
- More recent applications — locked
- DemolitionMay 2023Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£900,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£775,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 May 2022Most recent
£775,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP28 6BD: £590,000 (2026–2021).
Nearby sales in IP28 6BD
25 Mildenhall Road, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6BD
Sold Jan 2026
£745,72116 Mildenhall Road, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6BD
Sold Jun 2025
£580,00014 Mildenhall Road, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6BD
Sold Jan 2024
£590,00019 Mildenhall Road, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6BD
Sold Sept 2021
£775,00036 Mildenhall Road, Barton Mills, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6BD
Sold Jun 2020
£577,500
Versus other Mildenhall Road homes
Price per m² for The Croft runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,330
Street avg £2,686
Floor Area
179 m²
Street avg 164 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.7 t/year
Street avg 6.9 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
122/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Church Meadow — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Mildenhall College Academy. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.7dB






