Swallow House, Buckenham Road, Lingwood, Norwich, NR13 4BL
About Swallow House
Swallow House is a six-bedroom detached house in Lingwood, Norwich, Norwich (NR13 4BL). It has a recorded floor area of 267 m² (around 2871 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 46). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 267 m² the property is well over the postcode median (109 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £654,000 sits 50.3% above the 2012 sale of £435,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£151/sq ft) was about 26.9% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in August 2012.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
Energy performance
Swallow House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Mar 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at Swallow House is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Mar 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Lime - reduce crown width from 7m to 5m and height from 15m to 12.5m T2 - Sycamore - reduce extremities on northern aspect by 1.5m from 6m and height by 2.5m from 13m. T3 - Lime - reduce crown width from 7m to 5m and height from 15m to 12.5m T4 Lime - reduce lateral branches from 8m to 6m
- Agent
- Crown Tree Services
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 2024/0184
- Oct 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Ash - Fell T2 Copper Beech - Reduce lower 50% of crown by 2m and upper 50% by 1.5m and crown thin by 10%. Current spread 20m and height 15m T3 Lime - reduce crown by 2m. Current spread 12m and height 12m T4 Lime - reduce crown by 2m. Current spread 10m and height 12m. T5 Sycamore - pollard to 7m. Current spread 10m and height 12m T6 Lime - reduce by 1.5m. Current spread 10m and height 12m
- Agent
- Crown Tree Services
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 20201513
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Swallow House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£654,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£435,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 August 2012Most recent
£435,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR13 4BL: £298,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in NR13 4BL
Rooker House, Buckenham Road, Lingwood, Norwich, NR13 4BL
Sold Jul 2024
£266,500Lingmoor, Buckenham Road, Lingwood, Norwich, NR13 4BL
Sold Apr 2023
£410,000Rosedene, Buckenham Road, Lingwood, Norwich, NR13 4BL
Sold Jan 2023
£375,000Beechbank, Buckenham Road, Lingwood, Norwich, NR13 4BL
Sold Aug 2022
£298,000The Firs, Buckenham Road, Lingwood, Norwich, NR13 4BL
Sold Mar 2019
£280,000
Everything we know about Swallow House, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Buckenham Road homes
Swallow House is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£1,631
Street avg £2,912
Floor Area
267 m²
Street avg 108 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
23.0 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Lingwood Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.5 km
Lingwood Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB