Thyme Cottage, Chapel Hill, Kington Magna, Gillingham, SP8 5ER
About Thyme Cottage
Thyme Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Kington Magna, Gillingham, Gillingham (SP8 5ER). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2014) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
Last changed hands 11 years ago, in September 2015. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £471,000 is 33.4% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 84.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 104 m² it's 20.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (132 m² median across 6 EPCs).
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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
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Thyme Cottage's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Jan 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
Thyme Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2004ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erect first floor rear extension
- Council
- North Dorset
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2004/0207
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
£471,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 18 years.
£353,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
29 September 2015Most recent
£353,000
+32.0%over 6 years14 April 2009
£267,500
+15.1%over 5 years14 November 2003
£232,500
+107.6%over 5 years26 November 1997
£112,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SP8 5ER: £367,500 (2021–2010).
Nearby sales in SP8 5ER
Pax Cottage, Chapel Hill, Kington Magna, Gillingham, SP8 5ER
Sold Feb 2021
£462,000Hilltop Cottage, Chapel Hill, Kington Magna, Gillingham, SP8 5ER
Sold Nov 2020
£585,000Horseshoe Cottage, Chapel Hill, Kington Magna, Gillingham, SP8 5ER
Sold Jan 2013
£355,0002 Hill Top, Chapel Hill, Kington Magna, Gillingham, SP8 5ER
Sold Oct 2009
£175,000Broad Orchard Cottage, Chapel Hill, Kington Magna, Gillingham, SP8 5ER
Sold Dec 2007
£520,000
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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 Chapel Hill homes
Price per m² for Thyme Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,394
Street avg £2,522
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 8.5 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
0.6 km
Pill Meadow — bus stop.
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
43.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB