High Cross Cottage, Higher Tregajorran, Carn Brea, Redruth, TR15 3YX
About High Cross Cottage
High Cross Cottage is a semi-detached house in Carn Brea, Redruth, Redruth (TR15 3YX). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Today's modelled estimate of £269,000 is 14.6% below the 2021 sale of £315,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £315,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2021.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heat pump installed, significantly improving energy efficiency
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency improved
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Nov 2021RenovationFullIn report
Replace oil-fired central heating boiler with air-source heat pump mounted on external wall. Also remove the existing plastic oil tank.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- PA21/08311
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£269,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£315,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 February 2021Most recent
£315,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR15 3YX: £273,000 (2024–2007).
Nearby sales in TR15 3YX
Tinners Retreat, Higher Tregajorran, Carn Brea, Redruth, TR15 3YX
Sold Nov 2024
£750,000Brackenlea, Higher Tregajorran, Carn Brea, Redruth, TR15 3YX
Sold Dec 2015
£273,000Dove Cottage, Higher Tregajorran, Carn Brea, Redruth, TR15 3YX
Sold Feb 2013
£285,000Mullberry Cottage, Higher Tregajorran, Carn Brea, Redruth, TR15 3YX
Sold Apr 2008
£186,000The Old Stables, Higher Tregajorran, Carn Brea, Redruth, TR15 3YX
Sold Jul 2007
£180,000
Versus other Higher Tregajorran homes
High Cross Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,739
Street avg £2,326
Floor Area
115 m²
Street avg 171 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 3.5 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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Tramsways — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Pool Academy. 9 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
46.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB







