Fern Cottage, Rowhook Road, Rowhook, Horsham, RH12 3PY
About Fern Cottage
Fern Cottage is a detached house in Rowhook, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 3PY). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1798 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since December 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £824,000 sits 189.1% above the 1999 sale of £285,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£159/sq ft) was about 41.7% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Fern Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Aug 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Fern Cottage has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at Fern Cottage, Rowhook Road, Rowhook, Horsham, RH12 3PY
- Aug 2004ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Single storey extension
- Reference
- DC/04/1330
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionNov 2006Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Fern Cottage has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£824,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£285,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
3 December 1999Most recent
£285,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH12 3PY: £650,000 (2021–2015).
Nearby sales in RH12 3PY
Marlstone Cottage, Rowhook Road, Rowhook, Horsham, RH12 3PY
Sold Feb 2021
£774,5002 Stane Street Cottages, Rowhook Road, Rowhook, Horsham, RH12 3PY
Sold Jul 2020
£550,000Chequered Oak Bungalow, Rowhook Road, Rowhook, Horsham, RH12 3PY
Sold Dec 2018
£740,0003 Stane Street Cottages, Rowhook Road, Rowhook, Horsham, RH12 3PY
Sold Mar 2015
£462,500Talbot Cottage, Rowhook Road, Rowhook, Horsham, RH12 3PY
Sold May 2008
£385,000
Versus other Rowhook Road homes
On years held, Fern Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£1,707
Street avg £3,239
Floor Area
167 m²
Street avg 206 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.1 t/year
Street avg 11.8 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
0.0 km
The Chequers Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
2.7 km
Slinfold CofE Primary School and Pre School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB







