Cowlands Mill, Cowlands, Kea, Truro, TR3 6AT
About Cowlands Mill
Cowlands Mill is a detached house in Kea, Truro, Truro (TR3 6AT). It has a recorded floor area of 203 m² (around 2185 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 203 m² the property is well over the postcode median (143 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Energy performance
Cowlands Mill's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
Planning history
Cowlands Mill has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Jan 2018RenovationHeritageIn report
Listed building consent for Construction of flood defence wall and repair work to building
- Agent
- Ward Williams Associates
Listed- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- PA17/11315
- Sept 2017ExtensionOutlineIn report
Pre-application advice for works to a listed building - spliced repairs of sash windows, replacement of rotten timber porch, remedial works to leaking chimneys, extension of front boundary wall to act as flood defence, external redecoration.
- Agent
- Sam Knowles
ListedNew Windows- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- PA17/01707/PREAPP
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Sales history & valuation
Cowlands Mill has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£844,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 4 sales in TR3 6AT: £252,500 (2019–1997).
Versus other Cowlands homes
EPC Rating
47 (E)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
203 m²
Street avg 215 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.7 t/year
Street avg 13.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
1.3 km
Trelissick — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 km
Kea Community Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.3dB







