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About 38a Blacksmith Corner
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
38a Blacksmith Corner is a detached house in Belstead, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP8 3LY). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 156 m² the property is well over the postcode median (61 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
38a Blacksmith Corner's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E46
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
8.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 38a Blacksmith Corner, The Street, Belstead, Ipswich, IP8 3LY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
38a Blacksmith Corner has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Dec 2009ExtensionFullGranted
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Change of use of existing outbuilding to a single dwelling including alterations. Erection of single-storey side extension. Alterations to existing access. As amplified by drawings and details received by email dated 14/09/09 timed at 17:31 and by email dated 23/09/09 times at 10:32 and as further amplified by supplementary Archaeological report received on 09/10/09.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
38a Blacksmith Corner has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£507,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Versus other The Street homes
Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating
46 (E)
Street avg 42 (E)
Floor Area
156 m²
Street avg 159 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 9.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around IP8 3LY from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB
Everything within walking distance
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