5 Drinkstone Road, Gedding, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0QB
About 5 Drinkstone Road
5 Drinkstone Road is a semi-detached house in Gedding, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP30 0QB). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil.
At 69 m² it's 17.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 6 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
Energy performance
5 Drinkstone Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 24 November 2035
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Planning history
5 Drinkstone Road has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
5 Drinkstone Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£198,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP30 0QB: £269,500 (2019–2011).
Nearby sales in IP30 0QB
10 Drinkstone Road, Gedding, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0QB
Sold May 2019
£292,5009 Drinkstone Road, Gedding, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0QB
Sold Aug 2017
£285,0007 Drinkstone Road, Gedding, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0QB
Sold Nov 2016
£269,5008 Drinkstone Road, Gedding, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0QB
Sold Aug 2007
£105,0002 Drinkstone Road, Gedding, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0QB
Sold Sept 2003
£133,500
Versus other Drinkstone Road homes
5 Drinkstone Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 96 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
48/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Shelter — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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
43.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB







