Little Fowlers, Garden Cottage, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5DA
About Little Fowlers
Little Fowlers is a detached house in Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 5DA). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.
4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 69 m² it sits well below the postcode median (161 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Little Fowlers has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Dec 2024AmendmentIn report
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) - Use of Garden Cottage as a single dwellinghouse
- Agent
- Bloomfields Chartered Town Planners
Retrospective- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/02491/LDCEX
- Feb 2014ConservatoryFullIn report
Part replacement with extension and conservatory
Extension- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/03730/HOUSE
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Little Fowlers has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£345,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN18 5DA: £613,250 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in TN18 5DA
Fowlers Park, Flat 2, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5DA
Sold Sept 2024
£520,000Fowlers Park, Flat 1, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5DA
Sold Feb 2023
£490,000Fowlers Park, The Coach House, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5DA
Sold Jan 2022
£710,000Hawkhurst Place, The Barn, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5DA
Sold Aug 2021
£613,250St Bridget House, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5DA
Sold Jan 2021
£820,000
Everything we know about Little Fowlers, 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 Rye Road homes
Little Fowlers is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
47 (E)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 176 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
All Saints Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School. 1 school 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
47.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB