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Get startedLobbs Shop Cottage is a detached house in St Austell (PL26 6BE). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 55), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.
At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Lobbs Shop Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£467,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
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.
Floor Area for Lobbs Shop Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
35 (F)
Street avg 43 (E)
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 96 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
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Median price across the last 5 sales in PL26 6BE: £195,000 (2025–2015).
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
PL26 6JN
St Austell Hospital — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Mount Charles School. 3 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB