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Sir Johns, The Bull Barn, Hengrave, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6NB

4 planning records
Property type
Detached
Floor area
226 m²
2433 sq ft
Energy rating
C
Score 77
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Sir Johns

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

Sir Johns is a detached house in Hengrave, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6NB). It has a recorded floor area of 226 m² (around 2433 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2022. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.

4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for an annexe is awaiting a decision. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 226 m² the property is well over the postcode median (126 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £723,000 sits 141% above the 2021 sale of £300,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£123/sq ft) was about 69.9% below the postcode norm. Sold May 2021 for £300,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

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Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

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

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
C77
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Heat Pump
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Very Good
CO2 Emissions
3.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Sir Johns, The Bull Barn, Hengrave, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6NB, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Sir Johns has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.

  1. May 2022
    Conditions
    In report

    Application to discharge condition 3 (i) and (ii) - approval of details of application DC/19/0957/LB

    Documents
    4 docs on file
    Reference
    DCON(A)/19/0957
    View planning record
  2. Oct 2021
    AnnexOutline
    In report

    conversion of redundant farm machinery store to office, playroom and garden store in association with adjoining residential property (Bull barn)

    Documents
    2 docs on file
    Reference
    DC/21/2154/P3RPA
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£723,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2021)

£300,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 5 May 2021Most recent

    £300,000

Median price across the last 4 sales in IP28 6NB: £320,000 (2024–2014).

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On the street

Versus the street

Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for Sir Johns lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£1,327

Street avg £4,471

Strongly below

Floor Area

226 m²

Street avg 189 m²

Above

CO₂ Emissions

3.9 t/year

Street avg 5.2 t/year

Strongly above

Years Held

5 years

Street avg 3 years

Strongly above
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.

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

1.5 km

Hengrave Hall — bus stop.

Closest school

2.2 km

Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 1 school nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

40.9dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for IP28 6NB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.2dB

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