Church House, School Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6RQ
About Church House
Church House is a semi-detached house in Risby, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP28 6RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 210 m² (around 2260 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since September 2013. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£288/sq ft) was about 52.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £650,000 in December 2020.
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Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Church House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Sept 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Sept 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
Trees in a conservation area notification - one Apple tree (T1 on plan) reduce in height by 2.5 metres
- Agent
- Leon brown Arb-agri contracting Ltd
Conservation Area- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/24/1208/TCA
- Jun 2010PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Planning Application - (i) Erection of single storey side porch extension (following demolition of existing porch) (ii) alterations to existing path to form ramp access
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- SE/10/0629
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Church House
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- 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.
£688,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£650,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 December 2020Most recent
£650,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP28 6RQ: £725,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in IP28 6RQ
West Glebe, School Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6RQ
Sold Feb 2025
£325,000Gate House Cottage, School Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6RQ
Sold Oct 2022
£200,000Melrose, School Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6RQ
Sold Sept 2022
£846,000New Leaf Wood, School Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6RQ
Sold Jan 2021
£725,000The Gate House, School Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 6RQ
Sold Sept 2019
£900,000
Everything we know about Church House, 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 School Road homes
Church House is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,095
Street avg £2,192
Floor Area
210 m²
Street avg 298 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 16.6 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
0.1 km
Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.8dB