Lion House, Market Place, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5DN
About Lion House
Lion House is a semi-detached house in Hadleigh, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 5DN). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on electricity.
At 82 m² it sits well below the postcode median (144 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2020. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2019–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 46.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £337,000 is 16.2% above the 2020 sale price. Most recent transfer: September 2020 at £290,000.
Energy performance
Lion House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at Lion House, Market Place, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5DN
- Feb 2020Change of UseOutlineOutcome in report
Notification for Prior Approval for a Proposed Change of Use of a building from Office Use (Class B1(a)) to a Dwellinghouse (Class C3) under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class O of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended)
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/20/00088
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£337,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 46.7% per year over 2 years.
£290,000
Growth on file: 46.7% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
14 September 2020Most recent
£290,000
+81.3%over 1 year25 February 2019
£160,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP7 5DN: £495,000 (2021–2002).
Nearby sales in IP7 5DN
Toppesfield Hall, Market Place, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5DN
Sold Feb 2021
£895,0008 Market Place, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5DN
Sold Aug 2007
£567,5006 Market Place, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5DN
Sold Sept 2006
£495,0004 Market Place, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5DN
Sold Sept 2004
£212,5008a, Market Place, Hadleigh, Ipswich, IP7 5DN
Sold May 1998
£63,000
Versus other Market Place homes
On epc rating, Lion House runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
46 (E)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 241 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 9.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Market Place — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Hadleigh Community Primary School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB







