Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
The Old Rectory is a detached house in Beyton, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP30 9AL). It has a recorded floor area of 477 m² (around 5134 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 477 m² the property is well over the postcode median (223 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£321/sq ft) was about 43.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £1,650,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
The Old Rectory's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 29 September 2029
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The Old Rectory has been through 7 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
7 applications on record at The Old Rectory, Church Road, Beyton, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9AL
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Latest sale on The Old Rectory was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,705,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 25 years.
£1,650,000
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 25 years.
12 April 2022Most recent
£1,650,000
+73.7%over 16 years7 July 2005
£950,000
+15.9%over 2 years15 September 2002
£820,000
+215.4%over 5 years3 January 1997
£260,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP30 9AL: £981,000 (2024–2022).
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Sold Oct 2022
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Sold Aug 2022
On floor area, The Old Rectory stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,459
Street avg £3,026
Floor Area
477 m²
Street avg 214 m²
Habitable Rooms
13 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
24.0 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
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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
0.6 km
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 km
Rougham Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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