1 Chapel Houses, Chapel Lane, Upper Halling, Rochester, ME2 1JT
About 1 Chapel Houses
1 Chapel Houses is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Upper Halling, Rochester, Rochester (ME2 1JT). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 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. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 106), a 4-band jump.
Across 2002–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£457/sq ft) was about 86.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £408,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2024HeritageIn report
Installation of Historical Information blue Plaque
- Agent
- Halling Historical Society
- Reference
- MC/24/1914
What's in 1 Chapel Houses, Chapel Lane, Upper Halling, Rochester, ME2 1JT's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
1 Chapel Houses has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£440,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 19 years.
£408,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
3 December 2021Most recent
£408,000
+114.7%over 19 years25 November 2002
£190,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in ME2 1JT: £187,500 (2023–2002).
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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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Browndens Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Halling Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB