Briar Cottage, Prinsted Lane, Prinsted, Emsworth, PO10 8HS
About Briar Cottage
Briar Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Prinsted, Emsworth, Emsworth (PO10 8HS). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.
At 67 m² it sits well below the postcode median (151 m² across 33 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£589/sq ft) was about 40.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £425,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenfront_and_rear
- Garageintegral
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Briar Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Briar Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2000.
£459,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 21 years.
£425,000
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
11 February 2022Most recent
£425,000
+10.4%over 3 years1 October 2018
£385,000
+163.7%over 18 years31 August 2000
£146,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO10 8HS: £760,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in PO10 8HS
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£1,350,000Speedwell, Prinsted Lane, Prinsted, Emsworth, PO10 8HS
Sold Jan 2025
£705,000The Anchorage, Prinsted Lane, Prinsted, Emsworth, PO10 8HS
Sold Aug 2024
£1,320,0002 Elm Tree Cottages, Prinsted Lane, Prinsted, Emsworth, PO10 8HS
Sold Jul 2024
£545,000Leeway, Prinsted Lane, Prinsted, Emsworth, PO10 8HS
Sold Jun 2024
£760,000
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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

Versus other Prinsted Lane homes
Briar Cottage is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£6,343
Street avg £5,165
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 194 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Prinsted Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Southbourne Infant School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB