Little Chadacre Farmhouse, Little Chadacre, Shimpling, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4HL
About Little Chadacre Farmhouse
Little Chadacre Farmhouse is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Shimpling, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 4HL). It has a recorded floor area of 183 m² (around 1970 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on oil.
At 183 m² the property is well over the postcode median (140 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £701,000 is 21.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£292/sq ft) was about 55% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £575,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
Little Chadacre Farmhouse's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at Little Chadacre Farmhouse.
2 applications on record at Little Chadacre Farmhouse, Little Chadacre, Shimpling, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4HL
- Apr 2005ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Erection of two-storey rear extension.
- Reference
- B/05/00489
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionSept 2005Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Little Chadacre Farmhouse has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£701,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 26 years.
£575,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
29 January 2021Most recent
£575,000
+121.2%over 17 years8 December 2003
£260,000
+150.0%over 8 years12 April 1995
£104,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP29 4HL: £490,000 (2025–2006).
Nearby sales in IP29 4HL
The Hamptons, Little Chadacre, Shimpling, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4HL
Sold Oct 2025
£835,000The Firs, Little Chadacre, Shimpling, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4HL
Sold Jun 2020
£490,000Little Chadacre Farm Cottage, Little Chadacre, Shimpling, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4HL
Sold Oct 2010
£220,000Chiltern House, Little Chadacre, Shimpling, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4HL
Sold Sept 2006
£447,500Linden House, Little Chadacre, Shimpling, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4HL
Sold Sept 2001
£292,500
Versus other Little Chadacre homes
Price per m² for Little Chadacre Farmhouse runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,142
Street avg £2,332
Floor Area
183 m²
Street avg 163 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.7 t/year
Street avg 8.0 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
0.9 km
Mill Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall. 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
35.9dB







