Forge Cottage, Hackmans Lane, Cock Clarks, Chelmsford, CM3 6RE

Forge Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Cock Clarks, Chelmsford, Chelmsford (CM3 6RE). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a G (score 9), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 36). Main heating runs on lpg.

Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in August 2003. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £779,000 sits 97.2% above the 2003 sale of £395,000. 11 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an annexe, an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.