2 Fermor Cottages, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AN
About 2 Fermor Cottages
2 Fermor Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Grafty Green, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 2AN). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since January 2011. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on house coal.
3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a conservatory, an extension and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 86 m² it's 18.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (106 m² median across 22 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2017–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£340/sq ft) was about 23.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £315,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- CloakroomYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
2 Fermor Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 12 February 2032
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Planning history
2 Fermor Cottages has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
3 applications on record at 2 Fermor Cottages, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AN
- May 2007Change of UseFullOutcome in report
Change of use from a self-catering holiday cottage to a single family dwelling house as shown on site plan and block plan received on 21/3/07.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/0627
- More recent applications — locked
- ConservatoryAug 2013Decision
- ConservatoryJul 2013Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£334,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.3% per year over 4 years.
£315,000
Growth on file: 2.3% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
22 March 2022Most recent
£315,000
+10.5%over 4 years19 October 2017
£285,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 2AN: £480,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in ME17 2AN
Timberley, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AN
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£360,000Liberton House, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AN
Sold Feb 2025
£605,000Liberton Cottage, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AN
Sold Dec 2024
£480,000Willow Tree Cottage, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AN
Sold Aug 2024
£414,000Ledgers Cottage, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AN
Sold Aug 2022
£790,000
Versus other Headcorn Road homes
CO₂ Emissions for 2 Fermor Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,663
Street avg £3,271
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 7.1 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
144/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Kings Head — bus stop.
Closest school
1.6 km
Platts Heath Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB







