1 School Cottages, The Street, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, TN17 2JJ
About 1 School Cottages
1 School Cottages is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 2JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 123 m² it's 26.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 8 EPCs). Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 66.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £508,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Parkingoff_road
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
1 School 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 controls changed
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Planning history at 1 School Cottages is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Jun 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
Trees in a Conservation Area Notification: MALUS (T1) - Crown reduction by 2m to old pruning points.; EUCALYPTUS (T2) - Reduce crown by 5m to old pruning points; MALUS (T3) - Reduce by 1m & remove crossing branches
Conservation Area- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/01237/TCA
- Sept 2012Tree WorksTreesIn report
Trees in Conservation Area Notification: ASH - Reduce crown by 20-25% (10-15 feet) ASH STUMP - Reduce from 10 feet to 8 feet MALUS - Formative prune to shape
Conservation Area- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/02427/TREECA
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£555,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.1% per year over 6 years.
£508,000
Growth on file: 1.1% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
5 March 2021Most recent
£508,000
+6.9%over 5 years12 March 2015
£475,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN17 2JJ: £405,000 (2022–2019).
Nearby sales in TN17 2JJ
Hazlehurst Cottage, The Street, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, TN17 2JJ
Sold Jul 2022
£750,000Ropemakers Barn, The Street, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, TN17 2JJ
Sold Jan 2022
£405,000Tydeman S Cottage, The Street, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, TN17 2JJ
Sold Mar 2021
£385,0002 Verdun Cottages, The Street, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, TN17 2JJ
Sold Sept 2020
£380,000Oak Cottage, The Street, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, TN17 2JJ
Sold Apr 2018
£315,000
Everything we know about 1 School 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
Versus other The Street homes
1 School Cottages outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,130
Street avg £3,438
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.2 t/year
Street avg 4.4 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Recreation Ground — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Sissinghurst Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB