5 The West Front, The Great Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1RS
About 5 The West Front
5 The West Front is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bury St Edmunds (IP33 1RS). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1348 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (June 2009) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). The latest certificate is from June 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 125 m² it sits well below the postcode median (183 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2008. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£419/sq ft) was about 47.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2018 at £565,000.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
Energy performance
5 The West Front ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Jun 2019
EPC Rating
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Planning history
5 The West Front has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
1 application on record at 5 The West Front, The Great Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1RS
- Sept 2008RenovationOutcome in report
Listed Building Application - Insertion of single glazed window into front door
ListedNew Windows- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- SE/08/1065
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Sales history & valuation
5 The West Front's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£614,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£565,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 November 2018Most recent
£565,000
+7.6%over 8 years2 December 2009
£525,000
-7.1%over 2 years16 November 2007
£565,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP33 1RS: £475,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in IP33 1RS
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Sold May 2024
£222,1006 The Great Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1RS
Sold Apr 2024
£970,000St Margarets, The Great Churchyard, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1RS
Sold Apr 2018
£1,600,000
Versus other The Great Churchyard homes
5 The West Front outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,511
Street avg £4,779
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 189 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 8.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Chequer Square — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School. 16 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.9dB







