Acorn Cottage, Main Street, Chelmorton, Buxton, SK17 9SH
About Acorn Cottage
Acorn Cottage is a semi-detached house in Chelmorton, Buxton, Buxton (SK17 9SH). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft). The latest certificate (July 2017) shows a C (score 74). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). Main heating runs on oil.
Today's modelled estimate of £258,000 sits 72% above the 2017 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£181/sq ft) was about 24.4% below the postcode norm. At 77 m² it's 15.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 32 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 84% of similar EPCs). On the market in October 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Acorn Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Acorn Cottage's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£258,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.2% per year over 20 years.
£150,000
Growth on file: 0.2% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
26 October 2017Most recent
£150,000
+3.4%over 20 years7 August 1997
£145,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SK17 9SH: £386,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in SK17 9SH
Meadow Barn Cottage, Main Street, Chelmorton, Buxton, SK17 9SH
Sold Apr 2025
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Sold Oct 2023
£315,000Needham Barn, Main Street, Chelmorton, Buxton, SK17 9SH
Sold Jul 2023
£386,0001 Town End Farm, Main Street, Chelmorton, Buxton, SK17 9SH
Sold Aug 2021
£428,200Merecroft, Main Street, Chelmorton, Buxton, SK17 9SH
Sold Apr 2021
£365,000
Versus other Main Street homes
On price per m², Acorn Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,948
Street avg £3,194
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 98 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
Years Held
9 years
Street avg 7 years
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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
0.1 km
Post Office — bus stop.
Closest school
3.0 km
Taddington and Priestcliffe School. 1 school nearby.
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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
36.7dB







