Lantern Cottage, Big Row, Geldeston, Beccles, NR34 0LY
About Lantern Cottage
Lantern Cottage is a semi-detached house in Geldeston, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 0LY). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 96), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on house coal. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since December 2006 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1997–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £367,000 sits 67.6% above the 2006 sale of £219,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Lantern Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Jan 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
Lantern Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Lantern Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1997.
£367,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.6% per year over 9 years.
£219,000
Growth on file: 11.6% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
8 December 2006Most recent
£219,000
+182.6%over 9 years30 June 1997
£77,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR34 0LY: £315,000 (2023–2004).
Nearby sales in NR34 0LY
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Sold Dec 2023
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Sold Aug 2019
£315,000Garden House Annexe, Big Row, Geldeston, Beccles, NR34 0LY
Sold Nov 2013
£340,000Row Cottage, Big Row, Geldeston, Beccles, NR34 0LY
Sold Jul 2004
£310,000The Coach House, Big Row, Geldeston, Beccles, NR34 0LY
Sold Dec 2002
£125,000
Everything we know about Lantern Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.0 km
Council Houses — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Gillingham St Michael's Church of England Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB