Ledgers Cottage, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AN
About Ledgers Cottage
Ledgers Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Grafty Green, Maidstone, Maidstone (ME17 2AN). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1905 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 177 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£415/sq ft) was about 49.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £790,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Ledgers Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Nov 2024
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 14 November 2024
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919 and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
2 applications on record at Ledgers Cottage, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AN
- Jan 2017OutbuildingFullOutcome in report
Erection of new detached garage building to front and formation of new vehicular access to Headcorn Road.
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/505334/FULL
- More recent applications — locked
- FullNov 2017Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Ledgers Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£822,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 21 years.
£790,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
18 August 2022Most recent
£790,000
+33.9%over 7 years28 July 2015
£590,000
+154.9%over 13 years18 December 2001
£231,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME17 2AN: £414,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in ME17 2AN
Timberley, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AN
Sold Aug 2025
£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
£414,0002 Fermor Cottages, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Maidstone, ME17 2AN
Sold Mar 2022
£315,000
Versus other Headcorn Road homes
Floor Area for Ledgers Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,463
Street avg £3,213
Floor Area
177 m²
Street avg 109 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 7.3 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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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB







