1a, Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
About 1a
1a is a two-bedroom 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) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. 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 March 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2002–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £404,000 sits 112.6% above the 2006 sale of £190,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 37.7% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 138 m² it's 29% larger than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 9 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
Energy performance
1a's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Jun 2022
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
1 application on record at 1a, Sharpes Hill, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5BY
- Apr 2006ConservatoryFullOutcome in report
Planning Application - Erection of conservatory (following part demolition of rear extension)
ExtensionDemolition- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- SE/06/1391
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Sales history & valuation
1a's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2002).
£404,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.9% per year over 4 years.
£190,000
Growth on file: 10.9% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
17 March 2006Most recent
£190,000
+52.0%over 4 years1 March 2002
£125,000
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
Price per m² for 1a lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,377
Street avg £2,875
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
1/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







