The Cottage, Rowhook Hill, Rowhook, Horsham, RH12 3PU
About The Cottage
The Cottage is a detached house in Rowhook, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 3PU). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 138 m² it sits well below the postcode median (349 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£508/sq ft) was about 118.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £755,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
The Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
The Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
10 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£722,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£755,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 September 2021Most recent
£755,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH12 3PU: £917,500 (2022–2006).
Nearby sales in RH12 3PU
Rivendell, Rowhook Hill, Rowhook, Horsham, RH12 3PU
Sold Apr 2022
£550,000Colts Bushes, Rowhook Hill, Rowhook, Horsham, RH12 3PU
Sold Jan 2017
£1,020,000Mulberry House, Rowhook Hill, Rowhook, Horsham, RH12 3PU
Sold Nov 2014
£1,150,0001 Rowhook Hill House, Rowhook Hill, Rowhook, Horsham, RH12 3PU
Sold Nov 2007
£845,000Old Pheasantry, Rowhook Hill, Rowhook, Horsham, RH12 3PU
Sold May 1996
£495,000
Versus other Rowhook Hill homes
On price per m², The Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,471
Street avg £3,602
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 351 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 10 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.8 t/year
Street avg 15.1 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
0.5 km
The Chequers Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Slinfold CofE Primary School and Pre School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB







