253 Duke Street, Ipswich, IP3 0BX
About 253 Duke Street
253 Duke Street is a one-bedroom detached house in Ipswich (IP3 0BX). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band A. At 38 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (38–75 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (November 2020) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 38 m² it sits well below the postcode median (62 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£281/sq ft) was about 58% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £115,100 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Communal gardenYes
- ParkingAllocated
- BalconyYes
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Energy performance
For a compact home of this size, this rating sits in the top tier locally.
EPC Rating
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Level 3 Building Survey
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Planning history
253 Duke Street has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
253 Duke Street's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£120,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.8% per year over 14 years.
£115,100
Growth on file: 0.8% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
26 May 2022Most recent
£115,100
+12.3%over 14 years19 May 2008
£102,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP3 0BX: £127,000 (2025–2022).
Versus other Duke Street homes
On price per m², 253 Duke Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,029
Street avg £1,896
Floor Area
38 m²
Street avg 61 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.6 t/year
Street avg 2.0 t/year
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Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Coprolite Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Suffolk New College. 29 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.9dB