4 Almshouses, High Green, Nowton, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5LZ
About 4 Almshouses
4 Almshouses is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Nowton, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP29 5LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (103 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £296,000 is 11.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£352/sq ft) was about 28.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £265,000 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Apr 2024
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Planning history
4 Almshouses has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£296,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£265,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 October 2021Most recent
£265,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in IP29 5LZ: £230,000 (2021–2019).
Versus other High Green homes
On price per m², 4 Almshouses stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,786
Street avg £2,972
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 133 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 9.9 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
Cricket Club — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Hardwick Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.3dB