St Margarets Cottage, The Green, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7HA
About St Margarets Cottage
St Margarets Cottage is a semi-detached house in Rottingdean, Brighton, Brighton (BN2 7HA). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.
Today's modelled estimate of £577,000 is 27.9% below the 2022 sale of £800,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£551/sq ft) was about 49.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 135 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £800,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
St Margarets Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
A recent planning application at St Margarets Cottage was refused — worth checking the council file.
5 applications on record at St Margarets Cottage, The Green, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7HA
- Dec 2022ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Roof alterations to include raising of ridge height with rear rooflights, side dormer, side rooflight, hipped roof to existing front dormer, two storey rear extension, single storey side extension, revised fenestration, landscaping alterations and associated works.
- Documents
- 32 docs on file
- Reference
- BH2022/03259
- More recent applications — locked
- ConditionsFeb 2024Decision
- ExtensionFeb 2024Decision
+ 2 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£577,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£800,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
13 January 2022Most recent
£800,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN2 7HA: £437,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in BN2 7HA
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Sold Mar 2025
£375,000Norton House B, The Green, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7HA
Sold Apr 2024
£915,0006 Olde Place Mews, The Green, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7HA
Sold Mar 2024
£487,000Squash Cottage, The Green, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7HA
Sold Nov 2023
£437,0004 Olde Place Mews, The Green, Rottingdean, Brighton, BN2 7HA
Sold Dec 2021
£420,000
Versus other The Green homes
On epc rating, St Margarets Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,926
Street avg £4,416
Floor Area
135 m²
Street avg 164 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 7.4 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
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Our Lady of Lourdes RC School. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB






