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About Lantern Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Lantern Cottage is a detached house in Catsfield, Battle, Battle (TN33 9BG). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1145 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2011) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on smokeless coal. The latest certificate is from August 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £635,000 is 21.6% below the 2021 sale of £810,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£707/sq ft) was about 145.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 106 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £810,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Lantern Cottage'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Aug 2021
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Lantern Cottage, Church Road, Catsfield, Battle, TN33 9BG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Lantern Cottage has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Feb 2024HeritageGranted
Form French doors and replace roof tiles at rear bay. Replace north ensuite window, replace Unauthorised stairs to remove upper flight projection into the living room, reinstate removed first floor fireplace and flue. Insert doorway to form linked suite of main bedroom, ensuite and dressing room.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Lantern Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£635,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 19 years.
Last sold (2021)
£810,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Church Road homes
Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Lantern Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,613
Street avg £3,467
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 140 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Battle district page.
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
0.9 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around TN33 9BG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 22 points of interest in total.
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