Mermaid Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Mayfield (TN20 6AU). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Held since October 1999 — that's 27 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 £680,000 sits 103% above the 1999 sale of £335,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£472/sq ft) was about 46.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (166 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.
DISCHARGE OF SECTION 52 AGREEMENT DATED 6 DECEMBER 1989 ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION WD/1989/2711/F (CONVERT GARAGE TO ACCOMMODATION FOR SINGLE PERSON).
Mermaid Cottage has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£680,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£335,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Mermaid Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,076
Street avg £4,199
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 202 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.6dB

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29 October 1999Most recent
£335,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN20 6AU: £1,070,000 (2024–2021).
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Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.3 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
TN20 6BN
Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Mayfield Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB