Watergate, Ostlers Cottage, West Marden, Chichester, PO18 9EQ
About Watergate
Watergate is a semi-detached house in West Marden, Chichester, Chichester (PO18 9EQ). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 97), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 9 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Watergate's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Watergate has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Jul 2017OutlineIn report
Proposed hay barn with machinery store.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/17/02991/APNB
- Jun 2013FullIn report
Change of use of existing barn to B1 for production of mayonnaise and other products from rapeseed oil.
- Documents
- 54 docs on file
- Reference
- SDNP/12/00055/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Watergate has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£860,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 1 sales in PO18 9EQ: £490,000 (2007–2007).
Nearby sales in PO18 9EQ
Everything we know about Watergate, 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
Watergate is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
34 (F)
Street avg 49 (E)
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 105 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.3 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 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
1.4 km
The Barley Mow — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
Compton and Up Marden CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB