The Old Chapel, Church Road, Kilndown, Cranbrook, TN17 2SE
About The Old Chapel
The Old Chapel is a detached house in Kilndown, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 2SE). It has a recorded floor area of 170 m² (around 1830 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 170 m² it's 21.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (140 m² median across 4 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £622,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Old Chapel's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2024RenovationFullIn report
Installation of air source heat pump
- Agent
- AIRA HOME UK
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/02484/FULL
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2000.
£683,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 21 years.
£622,500
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
25 March 2022Most recent
£622,500
+139.0%over 21 years20 December 2000
£260,500
Median price across the last 4 sales in TN17 2SE: £312,250 (2014–1995).
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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 Church Road homes
EPC Rating for The Old Chapel lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
170 m²
Street avg 142 m²
CO₂ Emissions
10.5 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Quarry Centre — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Lamberhurst St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB