3 Morning Cross Cottages, Cooling Road, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7SF
About 3 Morning Cross Cottages
3 Morning Cross Cottages is a mid-terrace house in Cliffe, Rochester, Rochester (ME3 7SF). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since March 2001 — that's 25 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 96 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £287,000 sits 341.5% above the 2001 sale of £65,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£63/sq ft) was about 82% below the postcode norm.
Energy performance
3 Morning Cross Cottages'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 Oct 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
3 Morning Cross Cottages has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
3 Morning Cross Cottages's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£287,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£65,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 March 2001Most recent
£65,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in ME3 7SF: £174,000 (2025–2004).
Nearby sales in ME3 7SF
2 Morning Cross Cottages, Cooling Road, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7SF
Sold Feb 2025
£275,0004 Morning Cross Cottages, Cooling Road, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7SF
Sold May 2013
£150,0006 Morning Cross Cottages, Cooling Road, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7SF
Sold Sept 2004
£140,0008 Morning Cross Cottages, Cooling Road, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7SF
Sold May 2001
£47,5001 Morning Cross Cottages, Cooling Road, Cliffe, Rochester, ME3 7SF
Sold Nov 1996
£28,000
Versus other Cooling Road homes
On epc rating, 3 Morning Cross Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
43 (E)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 55 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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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
9/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Norwood Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
St Helen's Church of England Primary School, Cliffe. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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
43.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.1dB







