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Get startedThe Cottage is a detached house in Barningham, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 1BY). It has a recorded floor area of 281 m² (around 3025 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2023 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2025) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Poor to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.
At 281 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Sale prices here have lagged England HPI: -17.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £894,000 sits 178700% above the 2021 sale of £500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£0/sq ft) was about 99.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2003. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £500 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
The Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Extension: Side of property
Planning Application - Erection of side extension and provision of dormer window on rear roof slope
Latest sale on The Cottage was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£894,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -17.5% per year over 25 years.
£500
Growth on file: -17.5% per year over 25 years.
Price per m² for The Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2
Street avg £2,026
Floor Area
281 m²
Street avg 108 m²
CO₂ Emissions
0.9 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heat pump installed, significantly improving energy efficiency
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
High performance glazing installed
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
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3 June 2021Most recent
£500
-99.9%over 8 years25 July 2012
£345,000
-12.7%over 4 years29 October 2007
£395,000
+507.7%over 11 years2 February 1996
£65,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP31 1BY: £264,500 (2024–2014).
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Street avg 5.5 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 13 years
IP31 1RX
Royal George — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB
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