Four Wents Cottage, Maytham Road, Rolvenden Layne, Cranbrook, TN17 4NP
About Four Wents Cottage
Four Wents Cottage is a detached house in Rolvenden Layne, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN17 4NP). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2011) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 46). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 106 m² it's 19.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (131 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £637,000 is 21.3% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£460/sq ft) was about 84.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in November 2017.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Four Wents Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 Sept 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
Four Wents Cottage has an approved single-storey extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2019ConditionsIn report
Discharge condition 2
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/00648/CONA/AS
- Jul 2019ExtensionHeritageIn report
Extension: Single storey
Single storey extension to provide a new garage. Existing window in east elevation removed, opening blocked up and window relocated in north elevation.
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/00648/AS
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1996.
£637,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 21 years.
£525,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
30 November 2017Most recent
£525,000
+23.5%over 5 years26 March 2012
£425,000
+206.9%over 15 years8 August 1996
£138,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN17 4NP: £425,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in TN17 4NP
38 Maytham Road, Rolvenden Layne, Cranbrook, TN17 4NP
Sold Nov 2025
£425,00048 50, Maytham Road, Rolvenden Layne, Cranbrook, TN17 4NP
Sold Oct 2025
£580,00044 46, Maytham Road, Rolvenden Layne, Cranbrook, TN17 4NP
Sold Jun 2024
£402,50020 Maytham Road, Rolvenden Layne, Cranbrook, TN17 4NP
Sold Oct 2021
£425,00034 Maytham Road, Rolvenden Layne, Cranbrook, TN17 4NP
Sold Nov 2020
£230,000
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Maytham Road homes
On price per m², Four Wents Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,953
Street avg £2,541
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 6.4 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
0.0 km
The Ewe and Lamb — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Rolvenden 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
36.5dB