2 Rope Cottage, Mapperton Hill, Milton On Stour, Gillingham, SP8 5QG
About 2 Rope Cottage
2 Rope Cottage is a semi-detached house in Milton On Stour, Gillingham, Gillingham (SP8 5QG). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs.
At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (151 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A subdivision application was refused at 2 Rope Cottage in 2022.
- Feb 2023SubdivisionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Reinstatement of a single dwelling from existing two cottages. Erect single storey extension
Extension- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- P/FUL/2022/06096
- Aug 2022SubdivisionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Reinstatement of a single dwelling from existing two cottages. Erect single storey extension
Extension- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- P/FUL/2021/04747
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
2 Rope Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£270,000
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 3 sales in SP8 5QG: £170,000 (2025–1998).
Versus other Mapperton Hill homes
On co₂ emissions, 2 Rope Cottage stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
33 (F)
Street avg 44 (E)
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 139 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.8 t/year
Street avg 8.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Huntingford Turn — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB








