23 Back Street, Harpley, King's Lynn, PE31 6TU
About 23 Back Street
23 Back Street is a two-bedroom detached house in King's Lynn (PE31 6TU). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a G (score 11), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (117 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£427/sq ft) was about 146% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £266,300. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
23 Back Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919 and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
From £885 · Includes VAT
Planning history
23 Back Street has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 23 Back Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£283,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£266,300
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 May 2022Most recent
£266,300
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE31 6TU: £213,000 (2023–2007).
Nearby sales in PE31 6TU
Rhubarb Cottage, Back Street, Harpley, King's Lynn, PE31 6TU
Sold Jan 2023
£239,00029 Back Street, Harpley, King's Lynn, PE31 6TU
Sold Mar 2019
£246,50030 Back Street, Harpley, King's Lynn, PE31 6TU
Sold Sept 2016
£168,000Pond View, Back Street, Harpley, King's Lynn, PE31 6TU
Sold Dec 2007
£213,000Kestrel, Back Street, Harpley, King's Lynn, PE31 6TU
Sold Nov 2003
£249,000
Versus other Back Street homes
23 Back Street outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,591
Street avg £2,462
Floor Area
58 m²
Street avg 141 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 7.9 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.
Closest school
0.9 km
Harpley CofE VC Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB







