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Get startedLancaster Cottage, Ixworth Road, Norton, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3LJ
3 sales on record
About Lancaster Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Lancaster Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Norton, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP31 3LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 828 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2010) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £351,000 is 26.5% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£335/sq ft) was about 59.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 77 m² it sits well below the postcode median (199 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in July 2016.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Parking
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Lancaster 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Nov 2020
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Lancaster Cottage, Ixworth Road, Norton, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3LJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Lancaster Cottage has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2016ExtensionFullGranted
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of a single storey side/rear extension
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£351,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 16 years.
Last sold (2016)
£277,500
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Ixworth Road homes
Four headline reads against 16 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On floor area, Lancaster Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,606
Street avg £2,650
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 202 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Bury St Edmunds district page.
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
0.8 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP31 3LJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 19 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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Common questions
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