Grays Cottage, Lower Market Street, Penryn, TR10 8BH
About Grays Cottage
Grays Cottage is a property in Penryn (TR10 8BH). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a G (score 16), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 52), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.
Held since September 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £155,000 sits 416.7% above the 1997 sale of £30,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£34/sq ft) was about 75.7% below the postcode norm.
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Energy performance
Grays Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
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Because the property was built before 1919 and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
Grays Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
Grays Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£155,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£30,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
1 September 1997Most recent
£30,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR10 8BH: £210,000 (2024–2021).
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£210,000
Versus other Lower Market Street homes
Grays Cottage is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£370
Street avg £2,661
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 70 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.1 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Spar — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Penryn Primary Academy. 10 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB