Middle Farm, Granary Cottage, Fifehead Magdalen, Gillingham, SP8 5RR
About Middle Farm
Middle Farm is a semi-detached house in Fifehead Magdalen, Gillingham, Gillingham (SP8 5RR). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil.
At 137 m² it's 21.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (175 m² median across 10 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2001.
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
Floor insulation added or improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Jul 2001FullIn report
Convert agricultural building to 2 No. holiday units
- Council
- North Dorset
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 2/2001/0507
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Sales history & valuation
Middle Farm has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£538,000
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 5RR: £640,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in SP8 5RR
Keepers Cottage, Fifehead Magdalen, Gillingham, SP8 5RR
Sold Feb 2025
£640,0007, Fifehead Magdalen, Gillingham, SP8 5RR
Sold May 2024
£280,000Highview House, Fifehead Magdalen, Gillingham, SP8 5RR
Sold May 2024
£1,398,000My Ladys Cottage, Fifehead Magdalen, Gillingham, SP8 5RR
Sold Jun 2022
£850,0003 Magdalen Barn, Fifehead Magdalen, Gillingham, SP8 5RR
Sold May 2021
£540,000
Versus the street
Middle Farm outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
63 (D)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
137 m²
Street avg 175 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 8.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 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
1.0 km
Fifehead Cross Roads — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Marnhull. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB







