2 Roughmere Cottages, Lavant, Chichester, PO18 0BG
About 2 Roughmere Cottages
2 Roughmere Cottages is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Lavant, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 0BG). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 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 a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. Today's modelled estimate of £329,000 sits 105.6% above the 2013 sale of £160,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£156/sq ft) was about 21.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 95 m² it sits well below the postcode median (229 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in April 2013.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- StudyYes
- BasementYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
2 Roughmere 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Aug 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Roughmere Cottages has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Dec 2013RenovationHeritageIn report
Insertion of conservation rooflight into rear roof slope.
- Agent
- David Bennett Architects
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/13/04596/LIS
- Nov 2013ConditionsIn report
Discharge of condition no.3 of permission SDNP/13/02473/LIS (materials).
- Agent
- David Bennett Architects
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/13/04362/DCOND
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£329,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£160,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 April 2013Most recent
£160,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO18 0BG: £530,000 (2023–2016).
Nearby sales in PO18 0BG
1 Roughmere Cottages, Lavant, Chichester, PO18 0BG
Sold Sept 2023
£375,000Robsons Orchard, Lavant, Chichester, PO18 0BG
Sold Jul 2022
£1,390,000The Laurels, Lavant, Chichester, PO18 0BG
Sold Mar 2021
£530,000Rose Cottage, Lavant, Chichester, PO18 0BG
Sold Nov 2016
£350,000St Martins, Lavant, Chichester, PO18 0BG
Sold Jun 2013
£530,000
Everything we know about 2 Roughmere Cottages, in one report
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 the street
On floor area, 2 Roughmere Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,684
Street avg £2,670
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 201 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.7 t/year
Street avg 9.9 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Earl of March — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Lavant Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB