1 Sandrock Cottages, Northchapel, Petworth, GU28 9HL
About 1 Sandrock Cottages
1 Sandrock Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Northchapel, Petworth, Petworth (GU28 9HL). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 14 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. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include new windows and 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
1 Sandrock Cottages sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Oct 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2012ExtensionFullIn report
Extension to block of garages to form garage workshop and store.
- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/12/00614/FUL
- Jun 2006RenovationHeritageIn report
Insertion of 2 no. windows in side elevation with timber frames to match existing. Removal of existing oil tank and stand. Reposition and install new oil tank within brick enclosure to rear of garage using bricks to match existing.
New Windows- Documents
- 22 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/01735/LBC
What's in 1 Sandrock Cottages, Northchapel, Petworth, GU28 9HL's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
1 Sandrock Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£863,000
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 5 sales in GU28 9HL: £425,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in GU28 9HL
Northchapel Country Stores, Flat 1, Northchapel, Petworth, GU28 9HL
Sold Dec 2024
£205,000Amblefield Court, Flat 4, Northchapel, Petworth, GU28 9HL
Sold Mar 2023
£170,0002 Lilac Cottage, Northchapel, Petworth, GU28 9HL
Sold Nov 2022
£425,000Lilac End Cottage, Northchapel, Petworth, GU28 9HL
Sold Jun 2022
£686,000Westview, Northchapel, Petworth, GU28 9HL
Sold May 2022
£660,000
Everything we know about 1 Sandrock Cottages, in one report
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Versus the street
1 Sandrock Cottages is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
18 (G)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 82 m²
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Half Moon — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Northchapel Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB