Old Rectory, The Green, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4DH
About Old Rectory
Old Rectory is a detached house in Hartest, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 4DH). It has a recorded floor area of 500 m² (around 5382 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2013) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,453,000 is 38.2% below the 2021 sale of £2,350,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£437/sq ft) was about 61.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 500 m² the property is well over the postcode median (143 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2007. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £2,350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Old Rectory'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Apr 2023
EPC Rating
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Because the property was built before 1919, is a large detached home over 300m², and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
1 application on record at Old Rectory, The Green, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4DH
- Jul 2007Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
To remove top branch of 1 no. Oriental Plane tree and remove 2 no. lower branches from 1 no. Oak tree.
- Reference
- B/07/01004
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Old Rectory was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,453,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 18.5% per year over 23 years.
£2,350,000
Growth on file: 18.5% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
22 March 2021Most recent
£2,350,000
+30.6%over 12 years4 September 2008
£1,800,000
+3990.9%over 10 years16 October 1997
£44,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP29 4DH: £585,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in IP29 4DH
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Sold Mar 2024
£585,000The Forge, The Green, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4DH
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Sold Oct 2023
£950,000Old Bakery, The Green, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4DH
Sold Sept 2020
£550,000
Versus other The Green homes
Old Rectory outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,700
Street avg £3,086
Floor Area
500 m²
Street avg 155 m²
Habitable Rooms
16 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
22.0 t/year
Street avg 11.5 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Hartest Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Hartest Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB







