The Gate House, Sissinghurst Road, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, TN17 2JA

The Gate House is a five-bedroom detached house in Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 2JA). It has a recorded floor area of 195 m² (around 2099 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and outbuildings. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump.

5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 195 m² it's 26.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (154 m² median across 4 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,098,000 is 15.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£453/sq ft) was about 36.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2019 at £950,000.