1 Church Cottages, Rye Road, Newenden, Cranbrook, TN18 5PN
About 1 Church Cottages
1 Church Cottages is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Newenden, Cranbrook, Cranbrook (TN18 5PN). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since September 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £405,000 sits 454.8% above the 1996 sale of £73,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£58/sq ft) was about 84.6% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 116 m² it's 21.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (95 m² median across 4 EPCs).
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
1 Church Cottages'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Oct 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Jul 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Oak - Crown reduction by 2 meters from 15 meters to 13 meters. T2 - Oak - Crown reduction by 2 meters from 15 meters to 13 meters. Maintenance work carried out approximately every 5 years Removal of epicormic growth (de minimis work)
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- NOT/2024/0931
- May 2020Tree WorksTreesIn report
Description: Twin stem maiden Oak tree - Balance the crown where necessary by approximately 2 metres. Thin and clean the canopy by approximately 20% due to large amounts of reactive growth following the previous crown reductions.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00101/TC
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Church Cottages was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£405,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£73,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 September 1996Most recent
£73,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN18 5PN: £425,000 (2023–2010).
Nearby sales in TN18 5PN
2 Church Cottages, Rye Road, Newenden, Cranbrook, TN18 5PN
Sold Aug 2023
£480,000Old School House, Rye Road, Newenden, Cranbrook, TN18 5PN
Sold Oct 2020
£279,000Brook House, Rye Road, Newenden, Cranbrook, TN18 5PN
Sold Jul 2012
£425,000The Oast, Rye Road, Newenden, Cranbrook, TN18 5PN
Sold Apr 2010
£597,500Tollgate, Rye Road, Newenden, Cranbrook, TN18 5PN
Sold Nov 2009
£220,000
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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
1 Church Cottages is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£629
Street avg £4,741
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
The White Hart — bus stop.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB