Slate House, Blind Lane, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4DN
About Slate House
Slate House is a five-bedroom detached house in Hartest, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 4DN). It has a recorded floor area of 210 m² (around 2260 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a G (score 17), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 56), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
At 210 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£378/sq ft) was about 58.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2023 at £855,000.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageSingle
- OutbuildingsYes
Energy performance
Slate House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Slate House sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
2 applications on record at Slate House, Blind Lane, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4DN
- Jan 2019Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Notification of Works to Trees in a Conservation Area - T1 (Poplar) to pollard at 8m removing 4m.
Conservation Area- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/18/05293
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionDec 2024Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Slate House valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£839,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£855,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
2 July 2023Most recent
£855,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP29 4DN: £265,000 (2025–2002).
Versus other Blind Lane homes
EPC Rating for Slate House lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
17 (G)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
210 m²
Street avg 107 m²
CO₂ Emissions
35.0 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
0.5 km
School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Hartest Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB







