6 Essex Street, Norwich, NR2 2BL
About 6 Essex Street
6 Essex Street is a semi-detached house in Norwich (NR2 2BL). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 123 m² it's 19.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (103 m² median across 38 EPCs). Across 2018–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£434/sq ft) was about 108.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £575,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
6 Essex Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
1 application on record at 6 Essex Street, Norwich, NR2 2BL
- Dec 2019ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Rear of property
Alterations to rear extension.
- Reference
- 19/01596/F
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£579,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.7% per year over 4 years.
£575,000
Growth on file: 13.7% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
12 October 2022Most recent
£575,000
+64.3%over 3 years27 November 2018
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR2 2BL: £450,000 (2025–2024).
Versus other Essex Street homes
6 Essex Street is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,675
Street avg £2,961
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.8 km
Norwich Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.4 km
Bignold Primary School and Nursery. 37 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB