Millers Cottage, 5 Gunnery Mill, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8BE
About Millers Cottage
Millers Cottage is a detached house in Tarvin, Chester, Chester (CH3 8BE). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.
At 73 m² it sits well below the postcode median (139 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2006. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Millers Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Jun 2006DemolitionFullIn report
Demolition of single storey lean-to and construction of two storey extension, construction of single garage and demolition of two sheds
Extension- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 06/00662/FUL
What's in Millers Cottage, 5 Gunnery Mill, Tarvin, Chester, CH3 8BE's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Millers Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£305,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 2 sales in CH3 8BE: £465,000 (2024–2015).
Everything we know about Millers Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Gunnery Mill homes
Millers Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 66 (D)
Floor Area
73 m²
Street avg 134 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Methodist Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Tarvin Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB