42 Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN20 9HT
About 42 Church Street
42 Church Street is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Willingdon, Eastbourne, Eastbourne (BN20 9HT). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2024) 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. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 119 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold February 2025 for £530,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£414/sq ft) was about 133.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
- LandYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
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Energy performance
42 Church Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
Planning history at 42 Church Street is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
2 applications on record at 42 Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN20 9HT
- Jan 2013Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
REDUCE ONE YEW TREE BY 25%, REDUCE ONE COPPER BEECH BY 25%, REDUCE ONE BOX ELDER BY 20%, REDUCE ONE CYPRESS/CHAMAECY BY 3M SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS DESIGNATED WILLINGDON CONSERVATION AREA JUNE 1977
Conservation Area- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- TM/2013/0009/TCA
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksJan 2018Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 42 Church Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£569,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£530,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 February 2025Most recent
£530,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN20 9HT: £290,000 (2020–2009).
Nearby sales in BN20 9HT
36 Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN20 9HT
Sold Oct 2020
£290,00038 Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN20 9HT
Sold Jan 2015
£475,00028 Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN20 9HT
Sold May 2014
£245,00030 Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN20 9HT
Sold Sept 2011
£235,00040a, Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN20 9HT
Sold Nov 2009
£340,000
Versus other Church Street homes
On price per m², 42 Church Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,454
Street avg £3,110
Floor Area
119 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.5 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Church Street — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Ratton School. 18 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB