Pippin Cottage, Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET
About Pippin Cottage
Pippin Cottage is a detached house in Hartest, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 4ET). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 859 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: September 2018 at £465,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2003–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £561,000 is 20.6% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£541/sq ft) was about 220% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 80 m² it's 21% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 8 EPCs).
Energy performance
Pippin Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Jun 2019
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Planning history
Pippin Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
2 applications on record at Pippin Cottage, Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET
- May 2003ExtensionHeritageOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Application for Listed Building Consent - Erection of pitched roof over existing rear extension; erection of single storey rear extension; erection of flue attached to existing chimney; insertion of 3 no. replacement windows (as amended by details dated 01/05/03).
Listed- Reference
- B//03/00582
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionMay 2003Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Pippin Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2003.
£561,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 16 years.
£465,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
6 September 2018Most recent
£465,000
+2.2%over 7 years18 November 2010
£455,000
+1.1%over 4 years9 December 2005
£450,000
+98.2%over 2 years28 January 2003
£227,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP29 4ET: £465,000 (2023–2014).
Nearby sales in IP29 4ET
Pompes, Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET
Sold Aug 2023
£752,000Fosters Buildings, Top Barn, Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET
Sold Apr 2023
£465,000Old Mill House, Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET
Sold Sept 2021
£905,0002 Shrubland Cottage, Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET
Sold Nov 2016
£180,0006 Shimpling Road, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4ET
Sold Mar 2014
£349,995
Versus other Shimpling Road homes
On price per m², Pippin Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,828
Street avg £3,892
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
0.7 km
School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Hartest Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB







