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About Barn Owl Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Barn Owl Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Lessingham, Norwich, Norwich (NR12 0DE). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 113), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £395,000 is 17.9% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£519/sq ft) was about 477.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 60 m² it's 22.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (77 m² median across 3 EPCs). Last sale on file: £335,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- Garage
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D58
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
3.6 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Barn Owl Cottage, The Street, Lessingham, Norwich, NR12 0DE, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
A a single-storey rear extension application was refused at Barn Owl Cottage in 2024.
- Sept 2024ExtensionFullApprove
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
First floor rear extension to dwelling
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on Barn Owl Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£395,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2022)
£335,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other The Street homes
Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Barn Owl Cottage is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
58 (D)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
60 m²
Street avg 87 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
Similar properties nearby
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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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Flood risk
Low
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around NR12 0DE from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB
Everything within walking distance
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