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Get startedLullingstone Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Bardwell, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 1AB). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. At 122 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). A recent sale: £370,000 in February 2025. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Lullingstone Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Lullingstone Cottage has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
Lullingstone Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£384,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 28 years.
£370,000
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 28 years.
Lullingstone Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
57 (D)
Street avg 75 (C)
Floor Area
122 m²
Street avg 78 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Rear of property
Planning Application - Erection of conservatory to rear
14 February 2025Most recent
£370,000
+51.0%over 11 years21 October 2013
£245,000
+11.9%over 2 years24 August 2011
£219,000
-12.4%over 6 years26 November 2004
£249,995
+150.1%over 7 years27 June 1997
£99,950
Median price across the last 1 sales in IP31 1AB: £750,000 (2017–2017).
Street avg 2.9 t/year
IP31 1BH
School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Bardwell Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB
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