Old Barbican Farm, Barbican Hill, Looe, PL13 1DZ
About Old Barbican Farm
Old Barbican Farm is a four-bedroom detached house in Looe (PL13 1DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 131 m² (around 1410 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £787,000 is 12.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£496/sq ft) was about 165.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £700,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenwrap_around
- GarageYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Old Barbican Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Old Barbican Farm has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Nov 2024ExtensionFullIn report
Variation of Planning Permission PA24/01683 with the addition of the demolition and reconstruction of single storey extension
- Agent
- AHT Design
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- PA24/07222
- Apr 2024ExtensionFullIn report
Proposed extensions
- Agent
- AHT Design
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- PA24/01683
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£787,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£700,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 April 2021Most recent
£700,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL13 1DZ: £540,000 (2021–2016).
Nearby sales in PL13 1DZ
Adastra, Barbican Hill, Looe, PL13 1DZ
Sold Nov 2021
£1,600,000Penroc, Barbican Hill, Looe, PL13 1DZ
Sold Feb 2020
£287,500St Winnolls, Barbican Hill, Looe, PL13 1DZ
Sold Sept 2018
£540,0003 Tor View, Barbican Hill, Looe, PL13 1DZ
Sold Jun 2016
£499,950Mandalay, Barbican Hill, Looe, PL13 1DZ
Sold Aug 2007
£249,950
Everything we know about Old Barbican Farm, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Barbican Hill homes
Price per m² for Old Barbican Farm runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,344
Street avg £3,064
Floor Area
131 m²
Street avg 152 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
St Winnolls Park — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Looe Primary Academy. 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
46.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB