55 Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN22 0HR
About 55 Church Street
55 Church Street is a three-bedroom detached house in Willingdon, Eastbourne, Eastbourne (BN22 0HR). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 145 m² it sits well below the postcode median (220 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. It changed hands recently, sold June 2025 for £590,000. 3 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 (£378/sq ft) was about 71.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Outside
- GarageYes
- LandYes
Building
- Heating systemGas
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
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Energy performance
55 Church Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Planning history
55 Church Street sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
3 applications on record at 55 Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN22 0HR
1 live now- Dec 2009Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
RAISE CROWN OF ONE HORSE CHESTNUT AND ONE SYCAMORE TO STATUTORY HEIGHT OVER HIGHWAY AND REMOVE DEAD AND DYING BRANCHES WITHIN TREE PRESERVATION ORDER (WILLINGDON) NO 6, 1992
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- TM/2009/0335/TPO
- More recent applications — locked
- ConservatoryMar 2026Decision
- Tree WorksSept 2025Decision
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Sales history & valuation
55 Church Street valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£592,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£590,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 June 2025Most recent
£590,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN22 0HR: £675,000 (2023–2002).
Nearby sales in BN22 0HR
59 Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN22 0HR
Sold Aug 2023
£1,000,00049 Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN22 0HR
Sold Mar 2021
£890,00057a, Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN22 0HR
Sold Aug 2020
£540,00063 Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN22 0HR
Sold Aug 2013
£675,00051 Church Street, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN22 0HR
Sold Mar 2002
£265,000
Versus other Church Street homes
55 Church Street is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£4,069
Street avg £3,132
Floor Area
145 m²
Street avg 233 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 7.9 t/year
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Church Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Oakwood Primary Academy. 19 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB