Bookends, Back Street, Gayton, King's Lynn, PE32 1QR
About Bookends
Bookends is a detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 1QR). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since December 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 14.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £347,000 sits 107.8% above the 2002 sale of £167,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£123/sq ft) was about 30.3% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2007.
Energy performance
Bookends sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 15 Sept 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at Bookends, Back Street, Gayton, King's Lynn, PE32 1QR
- Mar 2007FullOutcome in report
Replacement garage
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/00063/F
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Sales history & valuation
Bookends has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1996.
£347,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.6% per year over 6 years.
£167,000
Growth on file: 14.6% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
2 December 2002Most recent
£167,000
+76.7%over 2 years18 October 2000
£94,500
+31.3%over 4 years26 September 1996
£72,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE32 1QR: £377,500 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in PE32 1QR
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Sold Jan 2025
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Sold Aug 2024
£185,000Tarxien, Back Street, Gayton, King's Lynn, PE32 1QR
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£450,000The Willows, Back Street, Gayton, King's Lynn, PE32 1QR
Sold Oct 2023
£499,950Mallows, Back Street, Gayton, King's Lynn, PE32 1QR
Sold May 2023
£377,500
Versus other Back Street homes
EPC Rating for Bookends lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,325
Street avg £2,540
Floor Area
126 m²
Street avg 132 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 6.8 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
0.4 km
Gayton Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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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
38.5dB







