Dairy Cottage, Menear Road, St Austell, PL25 3DG
About Dairy Cottage
Dairy Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in St Austell (PL25 3DG). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in November 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £188,000 sits 717.4% above the 2000 sale of £23,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£35/sq ft) was about 81.3% below the postcode norm. At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (106 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
- Aug 2014New BuildFullIn report
New detached 3 bedroom house and domestic garage (amended position with additional car space). (All building details as previously approved.)
- Agent
- New Dimensions
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- PA14/06216
- Jan 2014New BuildOutlineIn report
Reserved matters application seeking approval for design and siting of dwelling and all matters to enable the building works to proceed
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- PA13/10768
What's in Dairy Cottage, Menear Road, St Austell, PL25 3DG's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Dairy Cottage was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£188,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£23,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
20 November 2000Most recent
£23,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PL25 3DG: £248,000 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in PL25 3DG
Versus other Menear Road homes
On price per m², Dairy Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£377
Street avg £2,379
Floor Area
61 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Symons Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Bishop Bronescombe CofE School. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB







