Alderden Cottage, Sponden Lane, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5NR
About Alderden Cottage
Alderden Cottage is a detached house in Sandhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 5NR). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). Main heating runs on oil.
At 174 m² it's 15.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (206 m² median across 11 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Alderden Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Alderden Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
2applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at Alderden Cottage
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Alderden Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£811,000
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 5NR: £650,000 (2021–2014).
Nearby sales in TN18 5NR
Alderden Manor Barn, Sponden Lane, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5NR
Sold Sept 2021
£1,835,000Borrowmans, Sponden Lane, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5NR
Sold Nov 2020
£650,000Five Oaks, Sponden Lane, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5NR
Sold Sept 2018
£502,500Sponden Farm House, Sponden Lane, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5NR
Sold Nov 2014
£535,000Alderden Manor, Sponden Lane, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5NR
Sold Apr 2014
£1,393,000
Everything we know about Alderden 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 Sponden Lane homes
EPC Rating
46 (E)
Street avg 41 (E)
Floor Area
174 m²
Street avg 228 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.8 t/year
Street avg 13.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 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
0.4 km
Sponden Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Sandhurst Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB