Priory Cottage, Drinkstone Road, Gedding, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0QE
About Priory Cottage
Priory Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Gedding, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP30 0QE). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1086 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2010) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since December 2010, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £558,000 is 37.8% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£373/sq ft) was about 88.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Energy performance
Priory Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Aug 2020
EPC Rating
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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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 Priory Cottage, Drinkstone Road, Gedding, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0QE
- Feb 2010DemolitionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Erection of part single-storey, part two-storey rear extension (following demolition of existing garden room extension).
Extension- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 3752/09
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£558,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.8% per year over 13 years.
£405,000
Growth on file: 9.8% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
15 December 2010Most recent
£405,000
+229.3%over 12 years11 March 1998
£123,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP30 0QE: £407,500 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in IP30 0QE
12 Drinkstone Road, Gedding, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0QE
Sold Jan 2025
£255,000Priory Lodge, Drinkstone Road, Gedding, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0QE
Sold Feb 2023
£507,500Gedding Grange, Drinkstone Road, Gedding, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0QE
Sold Jan 2022
£1,425,00013 Drinkstone Road, Gedding, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0QE
Sold May 2018
£242,500Field View Cottage, Drinkstone Road, Gedding, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0QE
Sold Apr 2017
£302,500
Versus other Drinkstone Road homes
Priory Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,016
Street avg £2,610
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 132 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.8 t/year
Street avg 5.9 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
0.2 km
Shelter — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school 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
43.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB







