What type of property is 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB?

4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB is a 2-bedroom end-of-terrace house.

What did 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB sell for?

4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB last sold for £460,000 in June 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £93,332 in March 2002. Source: HM Land Registry.

How has the value of 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB changed over time?

Across 3 sales between March 2002 and June 2022, 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB rose from £93,332 to £460,000, a change of £366,668. That works out to roughly +8.2% per year compounded over 20 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB?

The current EPC rating for 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB is E with a score of 47 out of 100, lodged in December 2019. It has improved from a F recorded in June 2015. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB?

4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (700 sq ft), around 33 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 63% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in BN26 6XB. Source: EPC Register.

How is 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB heated?

The latest EPC at 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB records electricity as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Has 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB had any planning applications?

4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB has council approval for side extension granted in March 2025 under ref. WD/2024/2535/F. Source: PlanIt planning register.

What council tax band is 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB?

4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB is in council tax band D.

Where is 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB located?

4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB sits in Selmeston, Polegate, Polegate. It falls within the BN26 postcode district in East Sussex.

What is crime like near 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB?

Police records around 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 5 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 45% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

How well connected is 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB?

The closest bus stop to 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, BN26 6XB is Village Hall, 594m away. The nearest rail option is Berwick (Sussex) Rail Station, 1.6km away.

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4 Manor Cottages, The Street, Selmeston, Polegate, BN26 6XB

3 sales on record1 planning record

Property type

End terrace

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

65 m²

700 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 47

Council tax

Band D

Tenure

Private Rental

Overview

About 4 Manor Cottages

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

4 Manor Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Selmeston, Polegate, Polegate (BN26 6XB). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2019) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (176 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£657/sq ft) was about 482.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £460,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Specifications

What this property has

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Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1

Outside

Private gardenwrap_around
LandYes

Building

Period featuresYes

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

Current Certificate(1 of 2)

Dec 2019

EPC Rating

E47

Main Heating

Electric

Main Fuel

Electric

Hot Water

Poor

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

4.2 t/year

Occupancy

Rented

Property Improvements

Changes detected from historical EPC data

Dec 2019from Jun 2015

EPC improved fromF38toE47

Windows

Partial DoubleMostly Double

Windows upgraded, improving insulation

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 4 Manor Cottages, The Street, Selmeston, Polegate, BN26 6XB, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

4 Manor Cottages has an approved side extension on the planning record.

Mar 2025
ExtensionFull
In report
Extension: Side of property
PROPOSED SINGLE AND DOUBLE SIDE EXTENSION
Documents
10 docs on file
Reference
WD/2024/2535/F
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Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

4 Manor Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2002.

Current estimate

£441,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 20 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£460,000

Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 20 years.

Sales timeline

23 June 2022Most recent
£460,000
+46.0%over 5 years
23 February 2017
£315,000
+237.5%over 14 years
14 March 2002
£93,332

Median price across the last 3 sales in BN26 6XB: £212,251 (2016–1997).

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On the street

Versus other The Street homes

Four headline reads against 3 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Floor Area for 4 Manor Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.

EPC Rating

47 (E)

Street avg 34 (F)

Above

Floor Area

65 m²

Street avg 148 m²

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

4.2 t/year

Street avg 9.5 t/year

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Below

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Area

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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

0.6 km

Village Hall — bus stop.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

43.0dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for BN26 6XB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.4dB

Low

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