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Get started1 Hepworth Road is a semi-detached house in Barningham, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 1BP). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2026) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since January 2011. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £231,000 is 44.4% above the 2014 sale price. At 80 m² it sits well below the postcode median (127 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in July 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.
The EPC has just been inspected, so the rating reflects current condition.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Planning Application - Continued use of the site to a mixed use development involving the retention of the main dwelling for residential purposes (Use Class C3) and the erection of a single storey rear extension for the use as a hairdressing establishment (Use Class A1), involving the formation of a new access and parking area without compliance with condition 5 of SE/11/1313 to allow hours of opening to be Mon-Fri 8am-8pm & Sat 8am-4pm
1 Hepworth Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2001.
£231,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.0% per year over 13 years.
£160,000
Growth on file: 8.0% per year over 13 years.
Floor Area for 1 Hepworth Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,000
Street avg £2,295
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 128 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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
46.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Planning Application - Change of use of the site to a mixed use development involving the retention of the main dwelling for residential purposes (Use Class C3) and the erection of a single storey rear extension for the use as a hairdressing establishment (Use Class A1), involving the formation of a new access and parking area
1 more application for this property
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16 July 2014Most recent
£160,000
+171.2%over 12 years30 July 2001
£59,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP31 1BP: £330,000 (2025–2021).
Ivy Cottage Hepworth Road Barningham Bury St Edmunds
Sold Aug 2025
2 Hepworth Road Barningham Bury St Edmunds
Sold Jan 2024
The Cottage Hepworth Road Barningham Bury St Edmunds
Sold Dec 2023
Laurel Cottage Hepworth Road Barningham Bury St Edmunds
Sold Dec 2021
Hawthorne House Hepworth Road Barningham Bury St Edmunds
Sold Sept 2021
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
IP31 1AU
Royal George — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB
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