Lower Conghurst Oast, Conghurst Lane, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4RW
About Lower Conghurst Oast
Lower Conghurst Oast is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 4RW). It has a recorded floor area of 223 m² (around 2400 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 223 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2003–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £865,000 is 35.2% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£267/sq ft) was about 28.3% below the postcode norm. Last sold in February 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years.
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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
Energy performance
Lower Conghurst Oast'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Oct 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
Lower Conghurst Oast has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Jan 2016RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed Building Consent for the removal of existing timber double glazed windows without dummy sashes and replace with timber double glazed windows with dummy sashes. Replace front door with new timber door and rear with new timber stable door.
ListedNew Windows- Documents
- 23 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/506074/LBC
- Feb 2015FullIn report
Retrospective - Works to listed building and detached garage
Retrospective- Documents
- 26 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/504010/FULL
What's in Lower Conghurst Oast, Conghurst Lane, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4RW's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Lower Conghurst Oast's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£865,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.1% per year over 12 years.
£640,000
Growth on file: 1.1% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
26 February 2015Most recent
£640,000
+13.3%over 11 years7 August 2003
£565,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN18 4RW: £550,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in TN18 4RW
2 Coach Hill Cottages, Conghurst Lane, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4RW
Sold Aug 2024
£550,0001 Coach Hill Cottages, Conghurst Lane, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4RW
Sold Mar 2023
£595,000Ragstone Barn, Conghurst Lane, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4RW
Sold Jan 2021
£680,000Conghurst Barn, Conghurst Lane, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 4RW
Sold Jun 2020
£275,000
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Versus other Conghurst Lane homes
Lower Conghurst Oast is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£2,870
Street avg £4,809
Floor Area
223 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 6.8 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.8 km
The Eight Bells — bus stop.
Closest school
2.3 km
Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB