Old Middleton, Lewes Road, Westmeston, Hassocks, BN6 8RL
About Old Middleton
Old Middleton is a detached house in Westmeston, Hassocks, Hassocks (BN6 8RL). It has a recorded floor area of 607 m² (around 6534 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 607 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. 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
Old Middleton sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Old Middleton has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2002ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Single storey extension
- Reference
- LW/02/1333
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Old Middleton has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£2,654,000
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 4 sales in BN6 8RL: £717,000 (2012–1997).
Everything we know about Old Middleton, 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 Lewes Road homes
EPC Rating for Old Middleton lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
30 (F)
Street avg 55 (E)
Floor Area
607 m²
Street avg 227 m²
CO₂ Emissions
40.0 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
16 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Middleton Manor — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Plumpton College. 2 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB