Wayside Cottage, Frogholt, Folkestone, CT18 8AT
About Wayside Cottage
Wayside Cottage is a detached house in Frogholt, Folkestone, Folkestone (CT18 8AT). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (May 2019) 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.
5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £683,000 is 19.8% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£387/sq ft) was about 132.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £570,000 in November 2019.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Wayside Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Wayside Cottage sits within a conservation area — exterior works face additional planning controls.
- Aug 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
Re-pollard one Yew Tree by 6 metres situated in a conservation area.
Conservation Area- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/0992/FH/TCA
- Dec 2019Tree WorksTreesIn report
Works to trees situated within a Conservation Area to fell twenty Conifers and replace with a Beech hedge.
Conservation Area- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- Y19/1448/FH
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- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged
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Sales history & valuation
Wayside Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£683,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£570,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 November 2019Most recent
£570,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CT18 8AT: £895,000 (2024–2007).
Nearby sales in CT18 8AT
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£895,000Frogholt Manor, Frogholt, Folkestone, CT18 8AT
Sold Aug 2018
£1,155,000Stewart Cottage, Frogholt, Folkestone, CT18 8AT
Sold Aug 2007
£277,000Old Kent Cottage, Frogholt, Folkestone, CT18 8AT
Sold Jan 2007
£249,995Magpie Cottage, Frogholt, Folkestone, CT18 8AT
Sold Mar 2002
£180,000
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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
- Environmental risk flagged
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Beachborough Crossroads — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Folkestone, St Martin's Church of England Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.2dB