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3 EARLS ROAD

TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT TN4 8EA

5 beds 261 m² Listed 6 Feb 2014 (-4507d)

£1,595,000

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Property details

Tenure

FREEHOLD

Floor area

261 m²

Last sold

£1,525,000 Jun 2014

Local average

£905,222 (+76.2%)

Deprivation

Decile 10 (33,150 of 33,755)

Street crime

224 incidents within 1 mile (Apr 2026)

Key features

  • Covered Porch
  • Entrance Hall
  • Drawing Room
  • Dining Room
  • Kitchen/Breakfast Room
  • Family Room
  • Study
  • Cellar
  • Utility Room
  • Cloakroom

Additional details

Parking
Yes
Garden
Yes

Description

This is a superb handsome detached Victorian house, presented beautifully throughout with substantial accommodation housing many of the period features one hopes to find within such a property. Points of particular note include: An excellent and very well fitted 20ft x 20 ft kitchen/breakfast room with a range of floor and wall mounted units, central island and integrated appliances. The room is flooded with light with both bi-folding doors opening directly onto the garden and roof windows and is also open to the family room, again with doors to the garden. The drawing room is elegant and is situated at the front of the house with a large box-bay window, open fire set with a lovely marble fireplace with striking tiled hearth and high, corniced ceiling. There is also a well proportioned dining room, study, cellar and utility room accessed from the kitchen. Upstairs, the principal bedroom is at the front of the house and has feature arched windows and an en suite shower room. The guest bedroom also has an en suite shower room whilst the remaining three bedrooms are all very well served by the superb family bathroom.

Situation
Earls Road is a very highly regarded road within walking distance of many local amenities. The house less than a mile from the town centre and Royal Victoria Place shopping precinct which houses major national stores and a wide variety of individual shops. Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar School is 1 mile away, Skinners' School for boys is 0.8 miles and the boys Grammar School is just 1.3 miles distant. Tunbridge Wells main line station is about 0.8 miles away and offers commuter trains to Charing Cross, London Bridge and Canon Street in about 55 minutes and access to the A21 is just over 3.5 miles away, for a direct route to the M25 national motorway network. Recreational amenities in the town include a sports and leisure centre, multi screen cinema complex, theatres, two golf courses and numerous restaurants etc.

Outside
The house is well screened to the front with high hedging and a gravel drive provides off street parking and leads to the garage. To the rear, a fine terrace adjoins the house providing an ideal spot in which to entertain. The garden measures approximately 60ft x 50ft and is mainly laid to lawn with a selection of mature plants shrubs and trees. A gate on the rear boundary opens directly on to Molyneux Park Gardens - a private and exclusive park for the use of the resident's of the surrounding properties.

Listed by

Tunbridge Wells

Countrywide Hamptons Sales - Connells

Reference: 29263200

EPC Rating & Upgrade Cost

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Flood risk

Zone: 1

Risk: Low

Job (default Low)

Floorplans

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Price history

Event Date Price % change
Sold 20/06/2014 (11 years ago) £1,525,000

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Crown copyright.

Sold Comparables

Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles (last 5 years). Data from Land Registry Price Paid.

Address Price Date Type
23 COURT ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8EB £1,400,000 29/08/2025 Detached
Same street 16 EARLS ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8EA £1,450,057 26/06/2023 Semi-detached
12 ROYAL CHASE, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8AY £1,625,000 06/06/2023 Detached
Same street 5 EARLS ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8EA £1,820,000 15/12/2022 Detached
20 BOYNE PARK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8ET £2,300,000 01/11/2022 Detached
CULVERS MOLYNEUX PARK ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8DP £1,100,000 20/10/2022 Detached
Same street 22 FLAT 5 EARLS ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8EA £151,000 14/10/2022 Flat
Same street 22 FLAT 6 EARLS ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8EA £200,000 14/10/2022 Flat
22 ASHDOWN CLOSE, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8DU £535,000 10/10/2022 Detached
21 BOYNE PARK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8EL £1,430,000 16/09/2022 Detached
THE COACH HOUSE OAKDALE ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8DS £550,000 02/09/2022 Detached
Same street 24 FLAT 6 EARLS ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8EA £115,000 17/06/2022 Flat
8 BYNG ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8EJ £1,370,000 30/05/2022 Detached
9 EARLS ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8EE £1,770,000 31/03/2022 Detached
Same street 12 EARLS ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8EA £1,167,500 28/02/2022 Semi-detached
8 CONNAUGHT WAY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 9QJ £1,400,000 01/12/2021 Detached
25 MOLYNEUX PARK ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8DX £1,770,000 17/08/2021 Detached
HAZELWOOD BISHOPS DOWN PARK ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8XS £1,227,500 17/08/2021 Detached
HOLLIN HOUSE COURT ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8ED £2,375,000 04/08/2021 Detached
BISHOPS DELL BISHOPS DOWN PARK ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8XY £750,000 09/07/2021 Detached
22 BOYNE PARK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8ET £1,445,000 30/06/2021 Detached
FRESHFIELDS MOLYNEUX PARK ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8DN £1,000,000 29/06/2021 Detached
ASCHAM MOLYNEUX PARK ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN4 8DT £900,000 21/06/2021 Detached

Street average: £817,260 (6 sales)

Area average: £1,349,853 (17 sales)

Capital growth trend

Land Registry outcode average: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago (from sold prices).

5y growth 16.5%
10y growth 45%

House Price Index (HM Land Registry — official index, not sold-price averages): Tunbridge Wells. Series: Detached. As of March 2026.

1y (index) 3.4%
5y (index) 12.2%
10y (index) 30%

Rental Range

Estimated market rent for Tunbridge Wells. Low = conservative, Realistic = average, Optimistic = best case.

Low £1,358/mo
Realistic £1,509/mo
Optimistic £1,660/mo

Based on Local Authority from postcode lookup → Tunbridge Wells.

LHA (30th percentile) floor for High Weald: £1,820/mo (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026)

Location

Nearby

Nearest stations, universities and amenities (distance from property).

Type Name Distance
Bus stop Earl's Road 0.0 miles
Bus stop Oakdale Road 0.1 miles
Shop Lifestyle Ford 0.4 miles
Shop The Secret Cellar 0.4 miles
Train station Tunbridge Wells 0.6 miles
Train station Tunbridge Wells West 0.9 miles
Hospital Tunbridge Wells Nuffield Hospital 1.2 miles
Hospital Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury 2.6 miles
University Tonbridge Adult Education Centre 4.0 miles
University St Piers College 10.8 miles

Street-level crime

Category Count
Violence and sexual offences 71
Anti-social behaviour 41
Shoplifting 26
Criminal damage and arson 22
Vehicle crime 16
Other theft 13
Public order 11
Drugs 9
Burglary 4
Possession of weapons 4
Theft from the person 3
Robbery 2
Bicycle theft 1
Other crime 1
Total incidents 224

Within 1 mile during Apr 2026. Source: data.police.uk (England & Wales).

Schools nearby

Nearest open schools with Ofsted ratings (England). Closed schools are not shown. Data from Get Information about Schools and Ofsted.

Name Type Distance Ofsted
The Wells Free School Primary 0.4 miles Good — 29 Jun 2015
Rose Hill School Other 0.4 miles (No rating)
Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School Primary 0.5 miles Requires improvement — 11 Dec 2023
Bennett Memorial Diocesan School Secondary 0.5 miles Outstanding — 30 Jan 2024
The Skinners' School Secondary 0.6 miles Good — 13 Jan 2022

Rental Comparables

Rental listings exist nearby, but none matched the 5-bedroom count for this property.

Rent-driven metrics

Based on Area rent estimate.

Rent ratio 0.09%
Max investor price (0.8%) £188,625
Target investor price (1%) £150,900
  • Rent ratio — Monthly rent ÷ purchase price (1% rule). 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak for cashflow.
  • Max investor price — Rent ÷ 0.8%; the price at which rent would be 0.8% of price (Stoke-style target).
  • Target investor price — Rent ÷ 1%; the price at which rent would be 1% of price (strong cashflow band).
  • Gross yield — Annual rent as % of purchase price (no costs).