Fairstead Cottage, Fairstead Drove, Shouldham, King's Lynn, PE33 0DL
About Fairstead Cottage
Fairstead Cottage is a detached house in King's Lynn (PE33 0DL). It has a recorded floor area of 252 m² (around 2713 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2014); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 252 m² it's 23.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (204 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
Energy performance
Fairstead Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Fairstead Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Fairstead Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£615,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE33 0DL: £450,000 (2025–2007).
Versus other Fairstead Drove homes
EPC Rating for Fairstead Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
29 (F)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
252 m²
Street avg 165 m²
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Martin At Shouldham Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB







