Sir Johns, The Bull Barn, Hengrave, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6NB
About Sir Johns
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
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
Sir Johns has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- May 2022ConditionsIn 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
- Oct 2021AnnexOutlineIn 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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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£723,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£300,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 May 2021Most recent
£300,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in IP28 6NB: £320,000 (2024–2014).
Nearby sales in IP28 6NB
Stanchils Farm, 1 Bungalow, Hengrave, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6NB
Sold Feb 2024
£340,000Stanchils Farm, 2 Bungalow, Hengrave, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6NB
Sold Oct 2023
£300,000Stanchils Farm, 3 Bungalow, Hengrave, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6NB
Sold Jul 2023
£300,000Stanchils House, Hengrave, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6NB
Sold Mar 2014
£410,000
Everything we know about Sir Johns, 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 the street
Price per m² for Sir Johns lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,327
Street avg £4,471
Floor Area
226 m²
Street avg 189 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 3 years
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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
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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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
40.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.2dB