1 Clay Cottages, Clayhill, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, TN17 1BE
About 1 Clay Cottages
1 Clay Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 1BE). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.
3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms2
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Parkingoff_road
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
1 Clay Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Wall insulation improved
Heating system upgraded to a more efficient system
Hot water efficiency improved
Planning history
1 Clay Cottages has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- May 2015RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed Building Consent for replacement of existing modern style timber windows with purpose made timber windows
ListedNew Windows- Documents
- 23 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/502243/LBC
- Oct 2014RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed Building Consent - Installation of replacement windows
ListedNew Windows- Documents
- 26 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/502255/LBC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Clay Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£315,000
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 TN17 1BE: £375,000 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in TN17 1BE
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Sold Apr 2022
£375,0004 Clay Cottages, Clayhill, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, TN17 1BE
Sold Aug 2021
£390,000Bramley Cottage, Clayhill, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, TN17 1BE
Sold Mar 2007
£280,000Clayhill Cottage, Clayhill, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, TN17 1BE
Sold Jun 2006
£395,000
Everything we know about 1 Clay Cottages, 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
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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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
War Memorial — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Goudhurst and Kilndown Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB