Merecroft, Main Street, Chelmorton, Buxton, SK17 9SH
About Merecroft
Merecroft is a detached house in Chelmorton, Buxton, Buxton (SK17 9SH). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (January 2025) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. Main heating runs on electricity.
On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £479,000 is 31.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£377/sq ft) was about 60.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2021 for £365,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Merecroft ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Jun 2017ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Front of property
Extension to front end of existing single detached garage.
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- NP/DDD/0417/0372
- May 2008DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Removal of flat roofed extension and erection of extension at rear of Merecroft
Extension- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- NP/DDD/0208/0092
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Sales history & valuation
Merecroft has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£479,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 22 years.
£365,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
8 April 2021Most recent
£365,000
+37.7%over 14 years18 May 2006
£265,000
+186.5%over 7 years11 October 1998
£92,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SK17 9SH: £386,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in SK17 9SH
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£386,0001 Town End Farm, Main Street, Chelmorton, Buxton, SK17 9SH
Sold Aug 2021
£428,2006 Main Street, Chelmorton, Buxton, SK17 9SH
Sold Sept 2020
£285,000
Versus other Main Street homes
Merecroft outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,056
Street avg £3,019
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.2 t/year
Street avg 6.2 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







