Bucklawren, Holywell Road, Playing Place, Truro, TR3 6EP
About Bucklawren
Bucklawren is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Playing Place, Truro, Truro (TR3 6EP). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.
Sold February 2024 for £395,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 87 m² it's 20.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 21 EPCs). Across 2003–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£422/sq ft) was about 119.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenFront
- DrivewayYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Jan 2026
EPC Rating
Planning history
Bucklawren has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Apr 2008ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Front of property
Single storey front conservatory sites: 130753,
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- C1/PA13/0496/08/R
- Sept 2005ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erctn of single storey rear conservatory, instal of 1 door & bricking up of the garage door with insertion of window sites: 130753,
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- C1/PA13/1590/05/R
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Sales history & valuation
Bucklawren has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2003.
£401,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.0% per year over 21 years.
£395,000
Growth on file: 5.0% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
1 February 2024Most recent
£395,000
+31.7%over 3 years20 August 2020
£299,950
+22.4%over 4 years7 April 2016
£245,000
-2.0%7 April 2016
£250,000
+25.0%over 10 years25 April 2005
£200,000
+37.9%over 1 year29 May 2003
£145,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR3 6EP: £235,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in TR3 6EP
Pinelands, Holywell Road, Playing Place, Truro, TR3 6EP
Sold Oct 2024
£410,00012 Holywell Road, Playing Place, Truro, TR3 6EP
Sold May 2021
£159,0002 Killiow Court, Holywell Road, Playing Place, Truro, TR3 6EP
Sold Mar 2021
£215,0002 Holywell Road, Playing Place, Truro, TR3 6EP
Sold Sept 2019
£235,000Bohortha, Holywell Road, Playing Place, Truro, TR3 6EP
Sold Jan 2019
£310,000
Versus other Holywell Road homes
Price per m² for Bucklawren runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,540
Street avg £2,772
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 4.6 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
1.2 km
Kea Community Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB







