Shires End is a five-bedroom detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 1NB). It has a recorded floor area of 273 m² (around 2939 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 48). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £568,000 is 24.8% above the 2019 sale price. At 273 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold March 2019 for £455,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.
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Shires End sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 07 Oct 2025
Shires End has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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Shires End valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£568,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.3% per year over 17 years.
£455,000
Growth on file: 2.3% per year over 17 years.
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EPC Rating for Shires End lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,667
Street avg £2,531
Floor Area
273 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
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
1.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
15 March 2019Most recent
£455,000
+30.0%over 14 years30 November 2004
£350,000
-10.3%over 1 year3 June 2003
£390,000
+26.6%over 1 year15 February 2002
£308,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE32 1NB: £285,000 (2025–2021).
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Sold Jan 2025
7 Glosthorpe Manor Ashwicken King S Lynn
Sold May 2024
Samara Glosthorpe Manor Ashwicken King S Lynn
Sold Aug 2023
11 Glosthorpe Manor Ashwicken King S Lynn
Sold May 2023
17 Glosthorpe Manor Ashwicken King S Lynn
Sold Mar 2021

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
17.0 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
PE32 1FX
Ashwicken Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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