2 Forge Cottage, Romsey Road, Lockerley, Romsey, SO51 0JF
About 2 Forge Cottage
2 Forge Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lockerley, Romsey, Romsey (SO51 0JF). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg.
At 104 m² it sits well below the postcode median (168 m² across 3 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold April 2023 for £500,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Across 2001–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year.
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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
- Bathrooms1
- CloakroomYes
- StudyYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageSingle
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Apr 2025RenovationHeritageIn report
Replace internal secondary glazing
- Documents
- 23 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/00126/LBWS
- Aug 2024RenovationFullIn report
Reconstruction including heightening of central shared chimney stack to include brickwork and pots
- Agent
- Jem Musselwhite Ltd
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/01522/FULLS
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
2 Forge Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2001.
£489,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 22 years.
£500,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
16 April 2023Most recent
£500,000
-2.9%over 1 year4 November 2021
£515,000
+39.9%over 15 years7 September 2006
£368,000
+96.8%over 5 years23 February 2001
£187,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in SO51 0JF: £555,000 (2021–2005).
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Romsey Road homes
2 Forge Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
18 (G)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 163 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 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
0.0 km
The Vicarage — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Lockerley Church of England Endowed Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB