Box Bush Cottage, Bury Road, Brockley, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4AL
About Box Bush Cottage
Box Bush Cottage is a detached house in Brockley, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 4AL). It has a recorded floor area of 237 m² (around 2551 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since November 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £784,000 sits 333.1% above the 1999 sale of £181,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£71/sq ft) was about 74.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Box Bush Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 applications on record at Box Bush Cottage, Bury Road, Brockley, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4AL
- Nov 2005FullOutcome in report
Planning Application - Use of annexe for holiday letting purpose
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- SE/05/02441
- More recent applications — locked
- Change of UseMar 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Box Bush Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£784,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£181,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 November 1999Most recent
£181,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP29 4AL: £390,000 (2025–2001).
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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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bus Shelter — bus stop.
Closest school
2.4 km
Hartest Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.4dB







