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Get startedHawkesbury Cottage is a detached house in Birdham, Chichester, Chichester (PO20 7QN). It has a recorded floor area of 230 m² (around 2476 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). Main heating runs on electricity.
At 230 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Hawkesbury Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Hawkesbury Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£958,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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.
On floor area, Hawkesbury Cottage stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
230 m²
Street avg 114 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.5dB

Installation of 24 solar panels comprising an area of 46.9m2.
Erection of detached outbuilding (garage).
2 more applications for this property
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Median price across the last 5 sales in PO20 7QN: £600,000 (2025–2022).
Street avg 5.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
1 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Church Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Birdham CE Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB