5 Sherwyn House, 61 St Georges Street, Norwich, NR3 1BL
About 5 Sherwyn House
5 Sherwyn House is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Norwich (NR3 1BL). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a basement.
At 84 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £185,000 is 14.2% above the 2022 sale price. Sold August 2022 for £162,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- BasementYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Heating systemElectric
Energy performance
5 Sherwyn House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Level 3 Building Survey
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Planning history
5 Sherwyn House has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£185,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£162,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 August 2022Most recent
£162,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR3 1BL: £110,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in NR3 1BL
8 Sherwyn House, 61 St Georges Street, Norwich, NR3 1BL
Sold Mar 2025
£96,0001 Sherwyn House, 61 St Georges Street, Norwich, NR3 1BL
Sold Feb 2025
£90,00020 Sherwyn House, 61 St Georges Street, Norwich, NR3 1BL
Sold Mar 2024
£110,00016 Sherwyn House, 61 St Georges Street, Norwich, NR3 1BL
Sold Jul 2023
£220,00012 Sherwyn House, 61 St Georges Street, Norwich, NR3 1BL
Sold Dec 2022
£207,000
Versus other St Georges Street homes
5 Sherwyn House outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,929
Street avg £2,046
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 60 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 3.3 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
7/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.2 km
Norwich Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
Jane Austen College. 39 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.4dB







