Popes Buildings, 2, Calvert Street, Norwich, NR3 1BZ
About Popes Buildings
Popes Buildings is a mid-terrace house in Norwich (NR3 1BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in August 1996. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £131,000 sits 367.9% above the 1996 sale of £28,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£63/sq ft) was about 69.5% below the postcode norm.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Popes Buildings 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
Popes Buildings's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£131,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£28,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 August 1996Most recent
£28,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR3 1BZ: £103,000 (2008–1995).
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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
1.1 km
Norwich Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.1 km
Jane Austen College. 39 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.8dB







