Church Cottage, 29, East Dean, Chichester, PO18 0JG
About Church Cottage
Church Cottage is a detached house in East Dean, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 0JG). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Today's modelled estimate of £1,147,000 is 11.4% below the 2023 sale of £1,295,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £1,295,000 in March 2023.
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Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Church Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Church Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Jan 2017ConditionsIn report
Discharge of condition 3 from listed building consent SDNP/16/03459/LIS.
Listed- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/16/04620/DCOND
- Sept 2016RenovationHeritageIn report
Proposed internal alterations.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/16/03459/LIS
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Church Cottage
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Church Cottage changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£1,147,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,295,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 March 2023Most recent
£1,295,000
7 August 2022
£1,295,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PO18 0JG: £610,000 (2022–2001).
Nearby sales in PO18 0JG
The Old Vicarage, East Dean, Chichester, PO18 0JG
Sold May 2022
£1,900,000Chisel Down, East Dean, Chichester, PO18 0JG
Sold Feb 2008
£610,000Becketts, East Dean, Chichester, PO18 0JG
Sold Apr 2004
£700,000Wynkins, East Dean, Chichester, PO18 0JG
Sold Aug 2003
£575,000The Old Post Office, East Dean, Chichester, PO18 0JG
Sold Jan 2000
£280,000
Everything we know about Church Cottage, 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
Church Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
43 (E)
Street avg 45 (E)
Floor Area
130 m²
Street avg 75 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Flexible Zone — bus stop.
Closest school
2.5 km
Singleton CofE Primary School. 1 school 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
42.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB