3 Council Cottages, Blackhouse Road, Colgate, Horsham, RH13 6HS
About 3 Council Cottages
3 Council Cottages is a semi-detached house in Colgate, Horsham, Horsham (RH13 6HS). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (129 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
Energy performance
3 Council Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
3 Council Cottages has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
7 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
3 Council Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£375,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
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.
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH13 6HS: £1,000,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in RH13 6HS
Wellsprings, Blackhouse Road, Colgate, Horsham, RH13 6HS
Sold Jul 2025
£1,000,000Brackenwood, Blackhouse Road, Colgate, Horsham, RH13 6HS
Sold Nov 2022
£2,400,000Blackhouse Cottage, Blackhouse Road, Colgate, Horsham, RH13 6HS
Sold Apr 2018
£380,000Colgate Lodge, Blackhouse Road, Colgate, Horsham, RH13 6HS
Sold Feb 2018
£1,260,000Meadow View, Blackhouse Road, Colgate, Horsham, RH13 6HS
Sold Oct 2017
£585,000
Versus other Blackhouse Road homes
On floor area, 3 Council Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 47 (E)
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 229 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 10.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
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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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
The Dragon — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Colgate Primary School. 3 schools 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
43.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB







