Bakers Cottage, Browns Lane, East Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5JX
About Bakers Cottage
Bakers Cottage is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in East Stour, Gillingham, Gillingham (SP8 5JX). It has a recorded floor area of 201 m² (around 2164 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include notable views, a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 201 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- LandYes
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Bakers Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Bakers Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Bakers Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£505,000
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 SP8 5JX: £325,000 (2022–2019).
Nearby sales in SP8 5JX
1 Cowslip Cottage, Browns Lane, East Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5JX
Sold Aug 2022
£420,0001 Post Office Cottage, Browns Lane, East Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5JX
Sold Oct 2021
£300,0002 Cowslip Cottage, Browns Lane, East Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5JX
Sold Nov 2020
£341,0002 Post Office Cottage, Browns Lane, East Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5JX
Sold Jun 2019
£212,500
Versus other Browns Lane homes
Bakers Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
33 (F)
Street avg 71 (C)
Floor Area
201 m²
Street avg 105 m²
CO₂ Emissions
19.0 t/year
Street avg 3.4 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
0.0 km
The Crown Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Stower Provost Community School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB








