Highcliffe Farm, Cowdale, Buxton, SK17 9SE
About Highcliffe Farm
Highcliffe Farm is a detached house in Cowdale, Buxton, Buxton (SK17 9SE). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows a G (score 10), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Today's modelled estimate of £547,000 is 62.4% below the 2019 sale of £1,455,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£800/sq ft) was about 444.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: June 2019 at £1,455,000. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2003.
Energy performance
Highcliffe Farm sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2003
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Highcliffe Farm was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£547,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,455,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 June 2019Most recent
£1,455,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SK17 9SE: £265,000 (2020–2017).
Nearby sales in SK17 9SE
Cowdale Hall, Cowdale, Buxton, SK17 9SE
Sold Feb 2020
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£340,0004 Cowdale Cottages, Cowdale, Buxton, SK17 9SE
Sold Feb 2019
£185,0003 Cowdale Cottages, Cowdale, Buxton, SK17 9SE
Sold Jun 2017
£170,0009 Cowdale Cottages, Cowdale, Buxton, SK17 9SE
Sold Apr 2017
£265,000
Versus the street
Highcliffe Farm outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,609
Street avg £1,671
Floor Area
169 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
30.0 t/year
Street avg 7.9 t/year
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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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Cowdale Village — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
St Peter's Church of England (VC) Junior School. 6 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
44.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB







