Mayfield Farmhouse, Silver Street, Besthorpe, Attleborough, NR17 2LE
About Mayfield Farmhouse
Mayfield Farmhouse is a detached house in Besthorpe, Attleborough, Attleborough (NR17 2LE). It has a recorded floor area of 442 m² (around 4758 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 53). Main heating runs on oil.
At 442 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 5 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. Today's modelled estimate of £1,086,000 is 44.8% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£158/sq ft) was about 42.4% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £750,000 in March 2020.
Energy performance
Mayfield Farmhouse sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2020FullIn report
Construction of a detached single storey 3 bay timber framed cartlodge and alterations to the farmhouse including the replacement of an existing glasshouse and modern windows to the principal elevation.
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 3PL/2020/0771/HOU
- Sept 2020HeritageIn report
The proposals comprise the construction of a detached single storey 3 bay timber framed cartlodge and alterations to the farmhouse including the replacement of an existing glasshouse and modern windows to the principal elevation.
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 3PL/2020/0772/LB
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,086,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£750,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 March 2020Most recent
£750,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR17 2LE: £255,000 (2025–2004).
Versus other Silver Street homes
EPC Rating for Mayfield Farmhouse lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
36 (F)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
442 m²
Street avg 99 m²
CO₂ Emissions
26.0 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
14 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.2 km
Spooner Row Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
1.8 km
Wymondham College Prep School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.0dB







