The Old Bakery, The Street, Wilmington, Polegate, BN26 5SJ
About The Old Bakery
The Old Bakery is a property in Wilmington, Polegate, Polegate (BN26 5SJ).
Held since August 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
No EPC on record
This property doesn't have an Energy Performance Certificate yet. An EPC is required to sell or let — and unlocks our automated valuation.
Planning history
The Old Bakery has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Apr 2019ConditionsIn report
Discharge of Conditions 3 and 4 on planning permission SDNP/18/04028/FUL and Listed Building Consent SDNP/18/04029/LIS
- Agent
- John D Clarke Architects
Listed- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/19/01518/DCOND
- Sept 2018ExtensionHeritageIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Alterations, renovation and extension to Grade II listed dwelling house. The changes include; a small single storey infill rear ground floor extension to be used as a sitting area; renovation and reconfiguration of the existing ground floor rear ranges to provide a new bedroom and shower room; the conversion of the existing study to the later north outshot to a utility room; minor internal alterations to the first floor to combine two existing bedrooms to form one larger bedroom and new en-suite to the master bedroom; omission of the existing en-suite to bedroom 2 to enable the existing family bathroom to be enlarged together with additional storage space; two new conservation roof windows to be installed to the southern roof slope of the existing rear wing to provide additional daylight.
- Agent
- John D Clarke Architects
Listed- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/18/04029/LIS
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£375,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 August 2001Most recent
£375,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BN26 5SJ: £625,000 (2024–2020).
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£590,000
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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

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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