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Get startedWalnut Tree Cottage is a detached house in Lower Somersham, Ipswich, Ipswich (IP8 4QE). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 97), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Ipswich HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£338/sq ft) was about 78% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 156 m² the property is well over the postcode median (117 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer was July 2025 at £567,500 — fresh data. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Walnut Tree Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Walnut Tree Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Householder Application - Erection of single storey rear extension
Latest sale on Walnut Tree Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£565,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 5 years.
£567,500
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 5 years.
Walnut Tree Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,638
Street avg £2,500
Floor Area
156 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB

Erection of tractor shed
18 July 2025Most recent
£567,500
+30.8%over 4 years9 October 2020
£434,000
-1.4%28 August 2020
£440,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP8 4QE: £302,500 (2018–2005).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 4.4 t/year
IP8 4RN
Duke of Marlborough — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Somersham Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB
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