Field Cottage, Back Street, Gayton, King's Lynn, PE32 1QR
7 planning records
About Field Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Field Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in King's Lynn (PE32 1QR). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £516,000 is 29% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£234/sq ft) was about 36.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 159 m² the property is well over the postcode median (116 m² across 40 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. 7 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £400,000 in April 2020.
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What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Field Cottage 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 May 2026
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Field Cottage, Back Street, Gayton, King's Lynn, PE32 1QR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Apr 2023ExtensionFullIn report
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£516,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 3 years.
Last sold (2020)
£400,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
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Versus other Back Street homes
Four headline reads against 40 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Field Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,516
Street avg £2,497
Floor Area
159 m²
Street avg 130 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor 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.
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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around PE32 1QR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 1 points of interest in total.
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