Gardeners Cottage, The Street, Wilmington, Polegate, BN26 5SJ
About Gardeners Cottage
Gardeners Cottage is a detached house in Wilmington, Polegate, Polegate (BN26 5SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 224 m² (around 2411 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2025. The latest certificate (April 2025) returns a high B (score 90), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.
At 224 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 8 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Gardeners Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Gardeners Cottage has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Dec 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Erection of an extension.
- Agent
- Speer Dade Planning Consultants
- Documents
- 22 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/23/04492/HOUS
- Dec 2019ConditionsIn report
Discharge of Condition 5 on planning consent SDNP/14/02529/FUL
- Agent
- COWIE MONTGOMERY ARCHITECTS LLP
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/19/03317/DCOND
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Gardeners Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,009,000
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 BN26 5SJ: £625,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in BN26 5SJ
Post Cottage, The Street, Wilmington, Polegate, BN26 5SJ
Sold Apr 2024
£1,105,000Cherry Cottage, The Street, Wilmington, Polegate, BN26 5SJ
Sold Mar 2021
£740,000Pond Cottage, The Street, Wilmington, Polegate, BN26 5SJ
Sold Nov 2020
£625,000Sundown, The Street, Wilmington, Polegate, BN26 5SJ
Sold May 2020
£360,000Crofters, The Street, Wilmington, Polegate, BN26 5SJ
Sold Mar 2020
£590,000
Everything we know about Gardeners Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other The Street homes
EPC Rating for Gardeners Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
90 (B)
Street avg 62 (D)
Floor Area
224 m²
Street avg 108 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.1 t/year
Street avg 4.5 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Long Man Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
3.0 km
Alfriston School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB