3 Bishops Oast, Bishops Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SH
About 3 Bishops Oast
3 Bishops Oast is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Hunton, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME15 0SH). It has a recorded floor area of 324 m² (around 3491 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2008) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since January 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 324 m² the property is well over the postcode median (138 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £829,000 sits 163.2% above the 1999 sale of £315,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£90/sq ft) was about 75.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2019. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageDouble
Energy performance
3 Bishops Oast's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Dec 2018
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Bishops Oast has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Dec 2019RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed Building Consent for proposed replacement of single glazed timber windows on a like-for-like basis.
ListedNew Windows- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/505335/LBC
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 3 Bishops Oast
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged
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Sales history & valuation
3 Bishops Oast has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£829,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£315,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 January 1999Most recent
£315,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME15 0SH: £598,080 (2022–2010).
Nearby sales in ME15 0SH
Petty Hoo, Bishops Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SH
Sold Oct 2022
£1,530,000Bishops House, Bishops Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SH
Sold Jul 2022
£770,0002 Bishops Oast, Bishops Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SH
Sold Jul 2016
£598,0801 Bishops Oast, Bishops Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SH
Sold Nov 2015
£580,000Bishops Cottage, Bishops Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SH
Sold Jul 2010
£425,000
Everything we know about 3 Bishops Oast, in one report
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

Versus other Bishops Lane homes
Price per m² for 3 Bishops Oast lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£971
Street avg £3,974
Floor Area
324 m²
Street avg 173 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 11.2 t/year
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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
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Bensted Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Hunton Church of England Primary School. 3 schools 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
41.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB