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Get startedBlacksmiths Cottage is a detached house in Forncett St. Mary, Norwich, Norwich (NR16 1JG). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Norwich HPI: 3.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £373,000 sits 65.8% above the 2012 sale of £225,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in December 2012.
Blacksmiths Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Aug 2022
Non-material amendments of 2021/1494 - Change of material of metal clad link roof and dormer window from zinc to alternative metal sheeting and change of cladding from cedar to siberian larch.
£373,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.8% per year over 11 years.
£225,000
Growth on file: 3.8% per year over 11 years.
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.
Closest school
1.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.2dB

Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 2019/2337 to allow for an amended design. Increased ridge height by 300mm. The ridge of the link building is proposed to be increased by 150mm. It is proposed that the two mansards in the roof be connected to form a single mansard. Minor changes to fenestration, and openings.
1 more application for this property
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17 December 2012Most recent
£225,000
+53.6%over 11 years20 July 2001
£146,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR16 1JG: £330,000 (2025–2015).
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NR16 1LQ
Forncett St Peter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB
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