Chapel Cottage, Topcroft Street, Topcroft, Bungay, NR35 2BL
About Chapel Cottage
Chapel Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Topcroft, Bungay, Bungay (NR35 2BL). It has a recorded floor area of 197 m² (around 2120 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in June 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 197 m² the property is well over the postcode median (142 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £594,000 sits 375.2% above the 1999 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£59/sq ft) was about 66.1% 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
Chapel Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Chapel Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
Chapel Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£594,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£125,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 June 1999Most recent
£125,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NR35 2BL: £450,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in NR35 2BL
Freyja, Topcroft Street, Topcroft, Bungay, NR35 2BL
Sold Oct 2023
£554,000Cobweb Cottage, Topcroft Street, Topcroft, Bungay, NR35 2BL
Sold Mar 2023
£450,0001 Kerrison Cottages, Topcroft Street, Topcroft, Bungay, NR35 2BL
Sold Mar 2022
£381,000The Ford, Topcroft Street, Topcroft, Bungay, NR35 2BL
Sold May 2021
£265,0001 The Homestead, Topcroft Street, Topcroft, Bungay, NR35 2BL
Sold Nov 2020
£450,000
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Versus other Topcroft Street homes
Chapel Cottage is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£635
Street avg £3,096
Floor Area
197 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.5 t/year
Street avg 8.0 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB