Pilgrims House, Bungay Road, Beccles, NR34 8HE
About Pilgrims House
Pilgrims House is a detached house in Beccles (NR34 8HE). It has a recorded floor area of 408 m² (around 4392 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in March 2021 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil.
At 408 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,034,000 is 21.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£194/sq ft) was about 74.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £850,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Pilgrims House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
Cavity wall insulation installed
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Aug 2006OutbuildingFullIn report
Erection of a domestic wind turbine in rear garden
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- DC/06/0216/FUL
What's in Pilgrims House, Bungay Road, Beccles, NR34 8HE's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,034,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£850,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 June 2021Most recent
£850,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR34 8HE: £320,000 (2024–2014).
Nearby sales in NR34 8HE
Ashmans Hall, Bungay Road, Beccles, NR34 8HE
Sold Feb 2024
£1,000,000Garden Cottage, Bungay Road, Beccles, NR34 8HE
Sold Jun 2018
£315,000Woodland Lodge, Bungay Road, Beccles, NR34 8HE
Sold Mar 2017
£15,500Carriage House, Bungay Road, Beccles, NR34 8HE
Sold Oct 2014
£320,000Gardeners Cottage, Bungay Road, Beccles, NR34 8HE
Sold Feb 2013
£140,000
Everything we know about Pilgrims House, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Bungay Road homes
Pilgrims House outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,083
Street avg £944
Floor Area
408 m²
Street avg 201 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
18.0 t/year
Street avg 14.1 t/year
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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
0.4 km
White House Gardens — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Benet's Catholic Primary School. 9 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB