Barn Cottage, Lewes Road, Chelwood Gate RH17 7DE

Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 177 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FC for £23,008 · £7,669 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1490.7 yrs+3.7 pts · reaches E
Hot water cylinder insulation£15 – £400£1511.4 yrs+3.7 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1775.7 yrs+4.4 pts
Cavity wall insulation£500 – £1,500£1327.6 yrs+3.3 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£2448.6 yrs+6.0 pts · reaches D
Low energy lighting£100£812.9 yrs+0.2 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£16427.5 yrs+4.0 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£13736.4 yrs+3.4 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£19147.1 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£6450+ yrs+1.6 pts

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£3,062
per year at grade F
£1,645
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,353 a year — a 5.9% annual return on £23,008.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2021, states £1,956 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Cecil Cottages: 15 sales since 1995 · £531,667 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Danehill Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Nutley Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.2 mi
St Giles CofE Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Sackville SchoolSecondary4.8 miProgress 8 -0.04 · average (2023/24)
Oathall Community CollegeSecondary5.9 miProgress 8 +0.28 · above average (2023/24)
Imberhorne SchoolSecondary6.0 miProgress 8 -0.05 · average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

7.6
crimes a month
53
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 30% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021163, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Cecil Cottages

How this home sits against its street.

7
graded homes
44.1
average score
F
most common grade
-7.1
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.