1 Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
About 1 Sharpes Hill
1 Sharpes Hill is a detached house in Barrow, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 5BY). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2012) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 94). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since May 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 138 m² it's 23.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £461,000 sits 124.9% above the 2003 sale of £205,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£138/sq ft) was about 18% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
1 Sharpes Hill ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Jun 2022
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 26 June 2022
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Planning history
1 application on record at 1 Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
- Jul 2010PorchFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Planning Application - Erection of (i) single storey rear extension (ii) front porch (iii) front boundary retaining wall and fence and (iv) provision of hardstanding to front garden
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- SE/10/0682
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Sales history & valuation
1 Sharpes Hill valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£461,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£205,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 May 2003Most recent
£205,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP29 5BY: £373,750 (2025–2014).
Nearby sales in IP29 5BY
5 Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
Sold Aug 2025
£400,0006 Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
Sold May 2023
£415,0007 Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
Sold Nov 2022
£373,7504 Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
Sold Aug 2016
£289,000Sharmead, Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
Sold Nov 2014
£320,000
Versus other Sharpes Hill homes
On years held, 1 Sharpes Hill stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£1,486
Street avg £2,862
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
Street avg 6.3 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
18/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Sharpes Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB







