Alderden Manor Barn, Sponden Lane, Sandhurst, Cranbrook, TN18 5NR

Alderden Manor Barn is a detached house in Sandhurst, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 5NR). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2021 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

At 79 m² it sits well below the postcode median (206 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£2,158/sq ft) was about 1233.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £1,835,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.