Old Rectory Cottage is a semi-detached house in Loxhill, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 179 m² (around 1927 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on oil.
3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.
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Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
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Old Rectory Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,043,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Habitable Rooms for Old Rectory Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
67 (D)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
179 m²
Street avg 245 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 11.5 t/year
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
Erection of extensions and alterations including installation of dormer windows in roof space to create habitable accommodation (as amended by plan received 17/08/15 and amplified by email dated 25/08/15).
Alterations to existing outbuilding.
Median price across the last 5 sales in GU8 4BQ: £2,450,000 (2023–2013).
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Sold Oct 2023
Old Rectory Godalming Road Loxhill Godalming
Sold Jun 2022
Hascombe Grange Cottage Godalming Road Loxhill Godalming
Sold Dec 2014
Lime Tree Cottage Godalming Road Loxhill Godalming
Sold Dec 2010
Deer Park Cottage Godalming Road Loxhill Godalming
Sold May 2005

Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
GU8 4NB
White Horse — bus stop.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB