Middle Lodge, Lindfield Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6TS
About Middle Lodge
Middle Lodge is a six-bedroom detached house in Ardingly, Haywards Heath, Haywards Heath (RH17 6TS). It has a recorded floor area of 393 m² (around 4230 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
At 393 m² the property is well over the postcode median (128 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £1,600,000 in June 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms5
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- GarageDouble, Detached
- Swimming poolYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
Middle Lodge's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2015OutbuildingFullIn report
Proposed new garage and gym building.
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- DM/15/1012
- Jun 2014OutbuildingFullIn report
New Timber framed garage/gym to the south east of the existing property.
- Documents
- 22 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/04325/FUL
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Middle Lodge
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
Latest sale on Middle Lodge was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,523,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,600,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 June 2022Most recent
£1,600,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RH17 6TS: £550,000 (2023–2016).
Nearby sales in RH17 6TS
Northcote, Lindfield Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6TS
Sold Oct 2023
£970,000Swinbrook House, Lindfield Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6TS
Sold Mar 2023
£780,000Horsewood House, Lindfield Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6TS
Sold Dec 2021
£550,000Horsecroft, Lindfield Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6TS
Sold Mar 2017
£515,000Chinook, Lindfield Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, RH17 6TS
Sold May 2016
£470,000
Everything we know about Middle Lodge, 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 Lindfield Road homes
Floor Area for Middle Lodge runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,071
Street avg £4,243
Floor Area
393 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 4.6 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
Hapstead Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
St Peter's CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB