Mount Pleasant Farm, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS
About Mount Pleasant Farm
Mount Pleasant Farm is a detached house in Porthtowan, Truro, Truro (TR4 8AS). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in July 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 174 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £632,000 sits 426.7% above the 1995 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£64/sq ft) was about 66% below the postcode norm. 8 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Mount Pleasant Farm's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Dec 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
Mount Pleasant Farm has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Aug 2020AmendmentIn report
Certificate of lawfulness for the existing unfettered independent residential use of a caravan and associated residential garden land.
- Agent
- D3 Architects
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- PA20/05472
- May 2020OutlineIn report
Pre application advice for removal of caravan(s) and construction of a house for farm workers accommodation.
- Agent
- D3 Architects
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- PA20/00860/PREAPP
What's in Mount Pleasant Farm, Chapel Hill, Porthtowan, Truro, TR4 8AS's planning history?
6 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Mount Pleasant Farm's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£632,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£120,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 July 1995Most recent
£120,000
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 Mount Pleasant Farm, 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
Mount Pleasant Farm outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£690
Street avg £2,496
Floor Area
174 m²
Street avg 126 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
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1 Chellean Vean, Frogpool
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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