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Pear Tree Cottage, Main Road, Brancaster Staithe, King's Lynn, PE31 8BY

Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
111 m²
1195 sq ft
Energy rating
F
Score 25
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Pear Tree Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Pear Tree Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in King's Lynn (PE31 8BY). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £811,000 is 17.5% above the 2020 sale price. Last sale on file: £690,000 in December 2020.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms2
Before you decide

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Pear Tree Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
F
F25
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
9.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
SDL Surveying

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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC FPre-1919 buildExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)No mains gasSolid (non-cavity) walls

Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Pear Tree Cottage, Main Road, Brancaster Staithe, King's Lynn, PE31 8BY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Pear Tree Cottage has no planning applications on record.

15

But the area is active

15 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Price for Pear Tree Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1999 starting point.

Current estimate

£811,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.2% per year over 21 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2020)

£690,000

Growth on file: 9.2% per year over 21 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 18 December 2020Most recent

    £690,000

    +557.1%over 21 years

  2. 16 August 1999

    £105,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in PE31 8BY: £535,000 (2024–2019).

On the street

Versus other Main Road homes

Four headline reads against 4 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On epc rating, Pear Tree Cottage runs well behind the street norm.

EPC Rating

25 (F)

Street avg 62 (D)

Strongly below

Floor Area

111 m²

Street avg 107 m²

On par

CO₂ Emissions

9.0 t/year

Street avg 5.0 t/year

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Strongly below
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about Pear Tree Cottage

The true value, the hidden risks and the full sale history, in one report.

Larger development activity nearby

Pick your report · every report is £14.99

One time fee only - money back guarantee

Preview of the full property report

The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£785k

1 Church Row Cottages, Church Walk, Burnham Market

PE31 8DH

3 bed2 bath
£450k

1 Branodunum, Brancaster

PE31 8AL

3 bed
£447k

1 Ayres Cottage, Walsingham Road, Burnham Thorpe

PE31 8HN

3 bed1 bath
£379k

1 Carr Terrace, Docking

PE31 8UA

3 bed1 bath
£307k

1 Barmer Cottages, Fakenham Road, Syderstone

PE31 8SP

3 bed2 bath
£290k

1 2 Smallboro Row, Little Lane, Docking

PE31 8NT

3 bed1 bath
£477k

1 Beechwood Court, The Street, Syderstone

PE31 8TR

4 bed2 bath
£454k

1 Anchorage View, Brancaster

PE31 8XD

2 bed
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the King's Lynn district page.
Full King's Lynn report

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.

Go deeper on the local area

A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PE31 8BY from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for PE31 8BY

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

42.4dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for PE31 8BY

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.3dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Pear Tree Cottage, Main Road, Brancaster Staithe, King's Lynn, PE31 8BY. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.