Lilac Cottage, Main Street, Chelmorton, Buxton, SK17 9SH
About Lilac Cottage
Lilac Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Chelmorton, Buxton, Buxton (SK17 9SH). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 111 m² it's 23.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (90 m² median across 32 EPCs). On the market in December 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years. Across 1995–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £440,000 is 35.4% above the 2016 sale price.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
Lilac Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Lilac Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
4applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Lilac Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£440,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 21 years.
£325,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
9 December 2016Most recent
£325,000
+107.0%over 14 years11 August 2002
£157,000
+61.9%over 6 years20 December 1995
£97,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SK17 9SH: £386,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in SK17 9SH
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Sold Apr 2025
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Sold Oct 2023
£315,000Needham Barn, Main Street, Chelmorton, Buxton, SK17 9SH
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£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
CO₂ Emissions for Lilac Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,928
Street avg £3,113
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 5.9 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
0.1 km
Post Office — bus stop.
Closest school
3.0 km
Taddington and Priestcliffe School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB







