Cherry Orchard Cottage, Stoke Road, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5RB
About Cherry Orchard Cottage
Cherry Orchard Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Layham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP7 5RB). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
Untraded for 21 years, with the last transfer in May 2005. Today's modelled estimate of £409,000 sits 94.8% above the 2005 sale of £210,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 124 m² it's 22.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 11 EPCs).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at Cherry Orchard Cottage, Stoke Road, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5RB
- Dec 2005PorchFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Erection of two-storey rear extension and front porch as amended by drawing no. 05/09/PL1 rev A received on 02/11/05.
Extension- Reference
- B/05/01733
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Sales history & valuation
Cherry Orchard Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£409,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£210,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 May 2005Most recent
£210,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP7 5RB: £515,000 (2020–2016).
Nearby sales in IP7 5RB
Partridge Cottage, Stoke Road, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5RB
Sold Apr 2020
£15,000May Cottage, Stoke Road, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5RB
Sold Jan 2020
£515,000Cherry Orchard Farm, The Farmhouse, Stoke Road, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5RB
Sold Dec 2019
£590,000Portmans Farm, Stoke Road, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5RB
Sold Jul 2018
£955,000Crooked Acres, Stoke Road, Layham, Ipswich, IP7 5RB
Sold Aug 2010
£553,000
Versus other Stoke Road homes
Cherry Orchard Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,694
Street avg £2,705
Floor Area
124 m²
Street avg 137 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 8.7 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
0.3 km
North Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
2.7 km
Hadleigh Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB







