Dove Cottage, Ringsfield Common, Ringsfield, Beccles, NR34 8LN
About Dove Cottage
Dove Cottage is a detached house in Ringsfield, Beccles, Beccles (NR34 8LN). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on oil. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.
Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in June 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 98 m² it's 16.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (84 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £396,000 sits 365.9% above the 1998 sale of £85,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£81/sq ft) was about 54.8% below the postcode norm.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Dove Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Dove Cottage has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
Dove Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£396,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£85,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
4 June 1998Most recent
£85,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR34 8LN: £189,950 (2021–2006).
Nearby sales in NR34 8LN
Backbarn, Ringsfield Common, Ringsfield, Beccles, NR34 8LN
Sold Mar 2021
£130,000Pound Farm, Ringsfield Common, Ringsfield, Beccles, NR34 8LN
Sold Oct 2020
£690,000The Drill House, Ringsfield Common, Ringsfield, Beccles, NR34 8LN
Sold Jun 2020
£120,0001 Brook Cottages, Ringsfield Common, Ringsfield, Beccles, NR34 8LN
Sold Nov 2012
£190,0002 Brook Cottages, Ringsfield Common, Ringsfield, Beccles, NR34 8LN
Sold Dec 2006
£189,950
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Versus other Ringsfield Common homes
On price per m², Dove Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£867
Street avg £1,954
Floor Area
98 m²
Street avg 144 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
Years Held
28 years
Street avg 8 years
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1 High Common Cottages, Clarkes Lane, Barsham
NR34 8HW
1 City Villas, Barsham
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1 Church Cottage, Ilketshall St Lawrence
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1 Brook Cottages, Ringsfield Common, Ringsfield
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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
0.3 km
Cromwell Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Ringsfield Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB