Beacon View, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS
About Beacon View
Beacon View is a three-bedroom detached house in Porthtowan, Truro, Truro (TR4 8AS). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to F (score 33). Main heating runs on dual fuel.
At 99 m² it's 18.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (122 m² median across 23 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £326,000 sits 97.6% above the 2016 sale of £165,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£155/sq ft) was about 17.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in November 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.
Know exactly what you're buying at Beacon View
Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
Beacon View sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2018Change Of UseFullIn report
Conversion of workshop/store into a tea rooms business with raised patio to front.
- Agent
- Carn Design
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- PA17/09914
- May 2017ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
First floor extension to rear of property and the re-construction of garage workshop with flat roof over
- Agent
- Carn Design
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- PA17/03653
What's in Beacon View, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Beacon View valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£326,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£165,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
16 November 2016Most recent
£165,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR4 8AS: £500,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in TR4 8AS
Morwyns, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS
Sold Nov 2025
£520,0001 Ivy Cottage, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS
Sold Jul 2025
£440,000Fuchsia, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS
Sold Sept 2023
£335,000Zenith, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS
Sold Jul 2023
£695,000Kea House, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS
Sold Oct 2022
£165,000
Everything we know about Beacon View, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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- Is something wrong with it?
- Is the agent's story true?
- Will it hold its value?

Versus other Chapel Hill homes
Beacon View is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£1,667
Street avg £2,447
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 130 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
21.0 t/year
Street avg 5.8 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
0.1 km
Chapel Meadow — bus stop.
Closest school
2.5 km
Mount Hawke Academy. 1 school 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
44.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB