Froyden, Cloth Hall Gardens, Biddenden, Ashford, TN27 8AT
About Froyden
Froyden is a four-bedroom detached house in Biddenden, Ashford, Ashford (TN27 8AT). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. The home occupies a corner plot.
At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, a garage conversion and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£351/sq ft) was about 19.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £570,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageDouble
- OutbuildingsYes
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Heating systemElectric
Energy performance
Froyden's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Froyden has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Dec 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1- Cherry tree. Fell. H1- Beech hedge. Approximately 2.5m high. Reduce to approx. 1.8m.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- NOT/2025/2075
- Jul 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
G1- 3x ash trees. Overhanging branches from neighbouring property (10 Shuttle Close), growing within close proximity of bungalow at Froyden, overshadowing patio. Trees have been pollarded/reduced in the past. Reduce overhanging growth back by 1.5 metres to the boundary.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- NOT/2025/1099
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Froyden was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£584,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 24 years.
£570,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
27 September 2021Most recent
£570,000
+287.8%over 23 years27 February 1998
£147,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN27 8AT: £270,000 (2019–2005).
Nearby sales in TN27 8AT
Versus other Cloth Hall Gardens homes
Froyden is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
48 (E)
Street avg 76 (C)
Floor Area
151 m²
Street avg 122 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.0 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
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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
0.2 km
The Weavers — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
John Mayne Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.7dB







