3 Ayres Cottage, Walsingham Road, Burnham Thorpe, King's Lynn, PE31 8HN
About 3 Ayres Cottage
3 Ayres Cottage is a semi-detached house in King's Lynn (PE31 8HN). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88). Main heating runs on electricity.
On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Last sale on file: £450,000 in May 2022. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£589/sq ft) was about 67.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
3 Ayres Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
3 Ayres Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
15 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Price for 3 Ayres Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£441,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.8% per year over 25 years.
£450,000
Growth on file: 7.8% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
29 May 2022Most recent
£450,000
+27.1%over 3 years18 July 2018
£354,000
+18.0%over 10 years30 July 2007
£299,950
+30.4%9 March 2007
£230,000
+24.3%over 1 year23 August 2005
£185,000
+164.3%over 8 years14 August 1997
£70,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE31 8HN: £430,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in PE31 8HN
Grints Cottage, Walsingham Road, Burnham Thorpe, King's Lynn, PE31 8HN
Sold Sept 2024
£430,0002 Ayres Cottage, Walsingham Road, Burnham Thorpe, King's Lynn, PE31 8HN
Sold Dec 2023
£340,000Well Cottage, Walsingham Road, Burnham Thorpe, King's Lynn, PE31 8HN
Sold May 2022
£403,7221 Ayres Cottage, Walsingham Road, Burnham Thorpe, King's Lynn, PE31 8HN
Sold Nov 2021
£435,000The Dales, Walsingham Road, Burnham Thorpe, King's Lynn, PE31 8HN
Sold Mar 2021
£445,999
Versus other Walsingham Road homes
3 Ayres Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,338
Street avg £4,449
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 88 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 7.3 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
2.4 km
Burnham Market 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
45.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB







