7 Old Orchard, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5LB
About 7 Old Orchard
7 Old Orchard is a four-bedroom detached house in Layham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 5LB). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). Main heating runs on oil.
At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (114 m² across 4 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£354/sq ft) was about 66.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £575,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- StudyYes
- ConservatoryYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- LandYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
7 Old Orchard ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
7 Old Orchard has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at 7 Old Orchard, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5LB
- Nov 2012PorchOutlineOutcome in report
Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Use or Development -Single-storey front porch alterations.
Extension- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- B/12/00808
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionMay 2019Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 7 Old Orchard was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£614,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£575,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 November 2022Most recent
£575,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP7 5LB: £380,000 (2023–2009).
Nearby sales in IP7 5LB
5 Old Orchard, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5LB
Sold Sept 2023
£460,0004 Old Orchard, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5LB
Sold Feb 2021
£380,0008 Old Orchard, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5LB
Sold Jun 2015
£430,0003 Old Orchard, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5LB
Sold Nov 2009
£235,0001 Old Orchard, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5LB
Sold Oct 2007
£275,000
Versus other Old Orchard homes
On price per m², 7 Old Orchard stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,808
Street avg £3,118
Floor Area
151 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.3 t/year
Street avg 9.6 t/year
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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
Marquis of Cornwallis — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Hadleigh Community Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB







