Cotton Cottage, Iden Green Road, Iden Green, Cranbrook, TN17 4HA
About Cotton Cottage
Cotton Cottage is a detached house in Iden Green, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 4HA). It has a recorded floor area of 161 m² (around 1736 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2011) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 161 m² the property is well over the postcode median (120 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 8 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Today's modelled estimate of £826,000 is 37.7% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£346/sq ft) was about 26.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in October 2012.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Cotton Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Jun 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
Cotton Cottage has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- May 2023Tree WorksTreesIn report
Trees in Conservation Area Notification: YEW - Reduce crown and spread of tree by approximately 15%, Reshape the tree while at the same time removing growth
Conservation Area- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/01200/TCA
- Jun 2016ConditionsIn report
Submission of Details Pursuant to Condition 2: Windows under reference 15/503394/LBC
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/504555/SUB
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Cotton Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£826,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£600,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 October 2012Most recent
£600,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN17 4HA: £479,950 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in TN17 4HA
Merin Cottage, Iden Green Road, Iden Green, Cranbrook, TN17 4HA
Sold Jun 2024
£820,000The Old Stores, Iden Green Road, Iden Green, Cranbrook, TN17 4HA
Sold Jul 2021
£479,950Yew Cottage, Iden Green Road, Iden Green, Cranbrook, TN17 4HA
Sold Apr 2021
£345,000The Cottage, Iden Green Road, Iden Green, Cranbrook, TN17 4HA
Sold Mar 2021
£585,000Mulberry Cottage, Iden Green Road, Iden Green, Cranbrook, TN17 4HA
Sold Nov 2019
£440,000
Everything we know about Cotton Cottage, 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 Iden Green Road homes
Cotton Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,720
Street avg £3,398
Floor Area
161 m²
Street avg 134 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Benenden Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB