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Get startedThe Old Rectory is a detached house in Catsfield, Battle, Battle (TN33 9BG). It has a recorded floor area of 487 m² (around 5242 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 63), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since September 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 487 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £2,284,000 sits 90.3% above the 2005 sale of £1,200,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£229/sq ft) was about 27.1% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
The Old Rectory sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Variation of Conditions 2, 3, & 4 imposed on planning permission RR/2023/541/P to allow changes to the greenhouse design and materials.
Latest sale on The Old Rectory was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£2,284,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,200,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
The Old Rectory is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£2,464
Street avg £4,202
Floor Area
487 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 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
0.9 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB

Proposed addition of roof lantern and solar panels to main house, alterations to the cottage, and replacement/re-siting of oil tank.
2 more applications for this property
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9 September 2005Most recent
£1,200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TN33 9BG: £275,000 (2024–2021).
1 Glebe Cottages Church Road Catsfield Battle
Sold Aug 2024
6 Glebe Cottages Church Road Catsfield Battle
Sold Dec 2023
2 Glebe Cottages Church Road Catsfield Battle
Sold Aug 2023
4 Glebe Cottages Church Road Catsfield Battle
Sold Sept 2021
Lantern Cottage Church Road Catsfield Battle
Sold Jun 2021
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
26.4 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
TN33 9DP
The White Hart — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Catsfield Church of England Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB
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