Wickham Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in King's Lynn (PE32 1QR). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 91.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (119 m² across 40 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 85% of similar EPCs). Sold August 2024 for £185,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
No planning applications are recorded against Wickham Cottage, Back Street, Gayton, King's Lynn, PE32 1QR. The full report also covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Full planning data for Wickham Cottage, Back Street, Gayton, King's Lynn, PE32 1QR
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Price for Wickham Cottage has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£194,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 28 years.
£185,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 28 years.
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Floor Area for Wickham Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,558
Street avg £2,460
Floor Area
52 m²
Street avg 133 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 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
0.4 km

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45.4dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
14 August 2024Most recent
£185,000
+39.6%over 9 years31 March 2015
£132,500
+10.9%over 9 years6 July 2005
£119,500
+214.5%over 6 years14 August 1998
£38,000
+50.8%over 2 years22 March 1996
£25,200
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE32 1QR: £450,000 (2025–2022).
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CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
PE32 1JL
Gayton Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB