2 Ancient Light Cottages, Petworth Road, Chiddingfold, Godalming, GU8 4ST
4 sales on record
About 2 Ancient Light Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
2 Ancient Light Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Chiddingfold, Godalming, Godalming (GU8 4ST). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 66), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £428,000 is 11.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£559/sq ft) was about 81.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (179 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £385,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenrear
Building
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Jul 2023
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 2 Ancient Light Cottages, Petworth Road, Chiddingfold, Godalming, GU8 4ST, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- May 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Alterations to roof to provide additional habitable accommodation with rooflights (as amplified by email received 26/04/2022)
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
2 Ancient Light Cottages has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2001.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£428,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 20 years.
Last sold (2021)
£385,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Petworth Road homes
Four headline reads against 6 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, 2 Ancient Light Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,016
Street avg £4,526
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 256 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
0.7 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around GU8 4ST from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 8 points of interest in total.
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