Borlowen, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS
About Borlowen
Borlowen is a detached house in Porthtowan, Truro, Truro (TR4 8AS). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1765 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2021. The latest certificate (August 2022) returns a high B (score 88), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 96). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.
At 164 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£320/sq ft) was about 71.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £565,000 in August 2022. 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 2022.
Know exactly what you're buying at Borlowen
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
Energy performance
Borlowen's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2022ConditionsIn report
Submission of details to discharge condition 6 in relation to decision notice PA21/04290 dated 06/07/2021
- Agent
- Aqua Civils
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- PA22/04577
What's in Borlowen, 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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£591,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£565,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 August 2022Most recent
£565,000
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 Borlowen, 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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Versus other Chapel Hill homes
EPC Rating for Borlowen runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,445
Street avg £2,358
Floor Area
164 m²
Street avg 127 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.5 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 12 years
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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