Porters Gate, Friday Street, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4QA
About Porters Gate
Porters Gate is a one-bedroom detached house in Rusper, Horsham, Horsham (RH12 4QA). It has a recorded floor area of 181 m² (around 1952 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2009) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 44). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.
Held since September 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 181 m² the property is well over the postcode median (135 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £876,000 is 41.3% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£318/sq ft) was about 16.5% below the postcode norm.
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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
- Bedrooms1
- Open-plan layoutYes
Energy performance
Porters Gate sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 Dec 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey rear extension at Porters Gate.
- Dec 2011ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Erection of a two-storey rear extension (Certificate of Lawful Development - Proposed)
- Agent
- South Eastern Planning Services
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/11/2403
We flagged 2 things worth checking at Porters Gate
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged
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Sales history & valuation
£876,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£620,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 September 2010Most recent
£620,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH12 4QA: £1,070,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in RH12 4QA
2 Rose Cottages, Friday Street, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4QA
Sold Feb 2025
£490,000Howells, Friday Street, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4QA
Sold Jun 2023
£1,070,000Benhams Barn, Friday Street, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4QA
Sold May 2022
£1,155,000Howells Gill, Friday Street, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4QA
Sold May 2021
£650,000Blackfriars, Friday Street, Rusper, Horsham, RH12 4QA
Sold Jan 2019
£1,200,000
Everything we know about Porters Gate, 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
- Environmental risk flagged

Versus other Friday Street homes
On epc rating, Porters Gate runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,418
Street avg £5,294
Floor Area
181 m²
Street avg 158 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 6.8 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
1.4 km
Horsham Road — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 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
41.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB