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Old Reading Room Cottage, Old Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6HR

Estimated value

£481,000

  • Since the 2012 sale (£325,000)+48%
  • Against IP28 6HR's recent median (£325,000)+48%

Newest record on this page: February 2026. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.

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Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
3
Floor area
70 m²
752 sq ft
Energy rating
F
Score 28
Tenure
Owner Occupied
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Valuation

About this valuation

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Our estimate

£481,000

  • Against its 2012 sale (£325,000)+48%
  • Against IP28 6HR's recent median (£325,000)+48%

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How the estimate is made

The estimate for Old Reading Room Cottage is modelled from its 70 m² EPC floor area, its 1 recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in IP28 6HR. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.

What it's based on

  • Floor area

    70 m² from the EPC lodged in November 2011

  • Sales of this home

    1 sale recorded, the latest in 2012

  • Recent sales in IP28 6HR

    5 sales, median £325,000 (2026–2021)

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SalesLatest sale shown: February 2026Latest available records, read when you order
ValuationEstimate from the last refreshAnalysed against comparable sales
PlanningNone on this homeFull history, plus nearby schemes
Flood riskNot shownIncluded
Price

Sales history & valuation

Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Old Reading Room Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.

Sales timeline

  1. 10 September 2012Most recent

    £325,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in IP28 6HR: £325,000 (2026–2021).

Risks

What this page doesn't show

1 potential issue has already been flagged for Old Reading Room Cottage, Old Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6HR. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.
  • Larger development activity nearbyIn report
  • Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
  • Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
  • Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report

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Overview

About Old Reading Room Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Old Reading Room Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Lackford, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6HR). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 752 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2011) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 43). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (160 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £481,000 is 48% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£432/sq ft) was about 135% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in September 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Dining roomYes
  • FireplaceYes

Building

  • Period featuresYes
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Old Reading Room Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Nov 2021

Current Certificate
Nov 2011

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
F
F28
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
13.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Expired on 29 November 2021

New assessment needed to sell or let
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Old Reading Room Cottage, Old Bury Road, Lackford, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6HR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Old Reading Room Cottage has no planning applications on record.

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But the area is active

2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

On the street

Versus other Old Bury Road homes

Four headline reads against 13 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for Old Reading Room Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.

Price per m²

£4,655

Street avg £2,518

Strongly above

Floor Area

70 m²

Street avg 167 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Below

CO₂ Emissions

13.0 t/year

Street avg 7.7 t/year

Strongly below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bury St Edmunds district page.
Full Bury St Edmunds report

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

0.1 km

Bus Shelter — bus stop.

Nearest stops

  • Bus ShelterBus stop68m
  • New CottagesBus stop494m
  • West Stow TurningBus stop1.4km
  • Country ParkBus stop1.4km

Most reported crime locally

  • Violence & Sexual Offences770 reports45%
  • Criminal Damage & Arson169 reports10%
  • Other Theft140 reports8%
  • Anti-social Behaviour135 reports8%

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP28 6HR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for IP28 6HR

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.1dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for IP28 6HR

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.4dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraDetached HouseEPC FPre-1919 buildNo mains gasSolid (non-cavity) walls

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£479k

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£386k

1 Carnoustie Drive, Fornham St Martin

IP28 6UU

3 bed2 bath
£321k

1 Bury Road, Flempton

IP28 6EJ

3 bed1 bath
£500k

1 Chestnut Close, Barton Mills

IP28 6AF

4 bed3 bath
£527k

1 Cornwallis Close, West Stow

IP28 6EU

4 bed2 bath
£384k

1 Benyon Gardens, Culford

IP28 6EA

2 bed1 bath
£641k

1 Chapel Lane, Tuddenham

IP28 6SP

4 bed
£360k

1 Church Cottages, School Road, Risby

IP28 6RQ

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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
Valuation method in detail
How the estimate is made
The estimate for Old Reading Room Cottage is modelled from its 70 m² EPC floor area, its 1 recorded sale and recent sales of comparable homes in IP28 6HR. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Where sold prices come from
Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 1 sale is recorded for Old Reading Room Cottage. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
Reading the EPC
Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for Old Reading Room Cottage was lodged in November 2011 at band F and expired in November 2021, so a new one is needed to sell or let. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
Planning records
Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. None is matched to Old Reading Room Cottage. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
Area figures
Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 14 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. Schools and stops are measured in a straight line from IP28 6HR. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
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