Tollgate Cottage, Gardeners Lane, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BB
About Tollgate Cottage
Tollgate Cottage is a detached house in East Wellow, Romsey, Romsey (SO51 6BB). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
At 93 m² it sits well below the postcode median (296 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2017.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2017Change of UseOutlineIn report
Certificate of proposed lawful development for use as C3(b) up to six people living together as a single household and receiving care
- Agent
- Forest Edge Surveyors Ltd
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/00606/CLPS
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Tollgate Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£461,000
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 SO51 6BB: £840,000 (2021–2007).
Nearby sales in SO51 6BB
Roegate House, Gardeners Lane, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BB
Sold Sept 2021
£3,250,000Round House, Gardeners Lane, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BB
Sold Nov 2019
£670,000Luibeg, Gardeners Lane, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BB
Sold Jul 2013
£610,000Nightingale Hill, Gardeners Lane, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BB
Sold Sept 2007
£840,000Halls Wood, Gardeners Lane, East Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BB
Sold May 2006
£495,000
Everything we know about Tollgate Cottage, 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 Gardeners Lane homes
EPC Rating for Tollgate Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
28 (F)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 292 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 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
Embley Park Lodge — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
Wellow Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB