Little Hickstead Place, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead, Haywards Heath, RH17 5NT
About Little Hickstead Place
Little Hickstead Place is a seven-bedroom detached house in Hickstead, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 5NT). It has a recorded floor area of 400 m² (around 4306 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a basement.
At 400 m² the property is well over the postcode median (167 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,534,000 sits 54.9% above the 2019 sale of £990,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£230/sq ft) was about 18.5% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. Last sale on file: £990,000 in February 2019.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms7
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
- BasementYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- DrivewayYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
Little Hickstead Place'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 May 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2017ConditionsIn report
Discharge of planning conditions 9 (parking and turning spaces), condition 10 (screen walls/fences and/or hedges), and condtion 11 (cycle storage), relating to planning application DM/16/1799.
- Agent
- LM Associates Limited
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/17/4552
- Jul 2017ConditionsIn report
Discharge of Conditions 2, 4, 5, and 6 relating to outline planning application DM/16/1799.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/17/1775
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Little Hickstead Place
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
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Sales history & valuation
Little Hickstead Place valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,534,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£990,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 February 2019Most recent
£990,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH17 5NT: £725,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in RH17 5NT
West Cottage, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead, Haywards Heath, RH17 5NT
Sold Mar 2025
£687,000Hickstead Cottage, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead, Haywards Heath, RH17 5NT
Sold Sept 2023
£1,240,0001 Castle Cottages, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead, Haywards Heath, RH17 5NT
Sold Mar 2023
£675,0002 The Grange, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead, Haywards Heath, RH17 5NT
Sold Aug 2021
£915,0001 The Grange, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead, Haywards Heath, RH17 5NT
Sold May 2018
£720,000
Everything we know about Little Hickstead Place, 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 Hickstead Lane homes
Floor Area for Little Hickstead Place runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,475
Street avg £3,652
Floor Area
400 m²
Street avg 177 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
21.0 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
The Castle — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Twineham CofE Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.9dB