The Barnyard, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5DR
About The Barnyard
The Barnyard is a detached house in Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 5DR). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft). The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 4 certificates since April 2019. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 117), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Today's modelled estimate of £314,000 is 63.2% below the 2021 sale of £852,500, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,584/sq ft) was about 500.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 50 m² it's 21.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £852,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Barnyard ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Barnyard has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Feb 2025AnnexFullIn report
Conversion of existing barn & attached forge to form a dwelling, repair and maintenance of existing cart lodge to provide storage & existing residential cow shed to be annexe ancillary use of proposed conversion of barn & forge to a dwelling
- Agent
- England Architecture
- Documents
- 32 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/03055/FULL
- Feb 2025AnnexHeritageIn report
Listed Building Consent - Conversion of existing barn & attached forge to form a dwelling, repair and maintenance of existing cart lodge to provide storage & existing residential cow shed to be annexe ancillary use of proposed conversion of barn & forge to a dwelling
- Agent
- England Architecture
Listed- Documents
- 30 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/03056/LBC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on The Barnyard was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£314,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£852,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 April 2021Most recent
£852,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN18 5DR: £260,000 (2022–2013).
Nearby sales in TN18 5DR
1 Fenex Cottages, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5DR
Sold May 2022
£389,9993 Fenex Cottages, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5DR
Sold Jan 2021
£278,0004 Fenex Cottages, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5DR
Sold Oct 2014
£182,0002 Fenex Cottages, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5DR
Sold May 2012
£178,000Well Cottage, Rye Road, Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5DR
Sold Nov 2001
£270,000
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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 Rye Road homes
On price per m², The Barnyard stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£17,050
Street avg £4,056
Floor Area
50 m²
Street avg 104 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 9 years
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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
0.4 km
Foxhole Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Hawkhurst Church of England Primary School. 2 schools 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
49.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB