1 Church Cottages, High Street, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PX
About 1 Church Cottages
1 Church Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Rusper, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 4PX). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 52). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 18.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £467,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- Parkingallocated
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
1 Church Cottages'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Dec 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Church Cottages has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£486,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 7 years.
£467,500
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
3 December 2021Most recent
£467,500
+33.6%over 6 years7 April 2015
£350,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH12 4PX: £445,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in RH12 4PX
3 Church Cottages, High Street, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PX
Sold Sept 2024
£445,0004 Church Cottages, High Street, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PX
Sold Oct 2022
£530,0002 Normans Cottages, High Street, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PX
Sold Apr 2022
£550,000Rusper Village Stores, Flat 1, High Street, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PX
Sold Nov 2019
£387,5001 Normans Cottages, High Street, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4PX
Sold Jul 2019
£390,000
Everything we know about 1 Church Cottages, 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 other High Street homes
On epc rating, 1 Church Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,137
Street avg £3,828
Floor Area
113 m²
Street avg 161 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 10.7 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
0.1 km
Star Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Rusper 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
42.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB