186 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1TJ
About 186 Thorpe Road
186 Thorpe Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Norwich (NR1 1TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 209 m² (around 2250 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 209 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £570,000 in March 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 6 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£253/sq ft) was about 96.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingAllocated
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
186 Thorpe Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
186 Thorpe Road has an approved extension on the planning record.
6 applications on record at 186 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1TJ
- Jul 2016ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Erection of side lobby with rooflight.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/00714/F
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksOct 2024Decision
- Tree WorksJan 2022Decision
+ 3 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 186 Thorpe Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£562,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.0% per year over 23 years.
£570,000
Growth on file: 9.0% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
29 March 2021Most recent
£570,000
+78.1%over 13 years15 October 2007
£320,000
+28.0%over 3 years19 April 2004
£249,950
+212.4%over 5 years25 June 1998
£80,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR1 1TJ: £382,500 (2024–2018).
Versus other Thorpe Road homes
186 Thorpe Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,727
Street avg £2,194
Floor Area
209 m²
Street avg 143 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
10/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.9 km
Norwich Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Lionwood Infant and Nursery School. 28 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB







