Crossing Cottage, Joan Shorts Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8HJ
About Crossing Cottage
Crossing Cottage is a detached house in King's Lynn (PE31 8HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 218 m² (around 2347 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2013) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 218 m² the property is well over the postcode median (139 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £612,000 sits 375.9% above the 2021 sale of £128,600. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£55/sq ft) was about 87.3% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £128,600 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Crossing Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Sept 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
3 applications on record at Crossing Cottage, Joan Shorts Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8HJ
- Dec 2012AmendmentOutcome in report
NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO PLANNING CONSENT: 11/00943/F: alterations & extension
- Reference
- 11/00943/NMA_1
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsApr 2022Decision
- OutbuildingDec 2021Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Crossing Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2021).
£612,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£128,600
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
13 September 2021Most recent
£128,600
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE31 8HJ: £875,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in PE31 8HJ
Sundial Cottage, Joan Shorts Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8HJ
Sold Jan 2024
£875,000The Boat House, Joan Shorts Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8HJ
Sold Jan 2023
£1,135,0001 Joan Shorts Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8HJ
Sold Oct 2022
£410,000Corner Lodge, Joan Shorts Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8HJ
Sold Dec 2021
£1,865,000The Old Barn, Joan Shorts Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8HJ
Sold Nov 1999
£145,000
Versus other Joan Shorts Lane homes
Price per m² for Crossing Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£590
Street avg £7,609
Floor Area
218 m²
Street avg 199 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 6.6 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
0.5 km
Burnham Market Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB







