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Rill Cottage, Banns Road, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8BW

Extendable1 planning record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
79 m²
850 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 43
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Rill Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Rill Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Mount Hawke, Truro, Truro (TR4 8BW). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 79 m² it sits well below the postcode median (127 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £353,000 is 35.8% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£306/sq ft) was about 124% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2018 at £260,000.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms3
  • Bathrooms2

Outside

  • Private gardenYes

Building

  • Period featuresYes
  • Extension potentialPossible
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E43
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Rill Cottage, Banns Road, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8BW, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
  1. Apr 2011
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Two storey · Rear of property

    Demolition of rear extension and creation of new 2 storey extension

    Agent
    JFB Architecture
    Documents
    8 docs on file
    Reference
    PA11/01583
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What's in Rill Cottage, Banns Road, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8BW's planning history?

Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.

Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Current estimate

£353,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2018)

£260,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 23 August 2018Most recent

    £260,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in TR4 8BW: £550,000 (2024–2022).

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On the street

Versus other Banns Road homes

Four headline reads against 15 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Rill Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,291

Street avg £5,367

Above

Floor Area

79 m²

Street avg 141 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

5.5 t/year

Street avg 5.0 t/year

On par
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£352k

1 Beach Road, Porthtowan

TR4 8AA

3 bed
£383k

1 Adams Row, Wheal Busy, Chacewater

TR4 8NY

3 bed1 bath
£301k

1 Chapel Court, Chacewater

TR4 8NG

3 bed1 bath
£300k

1 Church Hill, Chacewater

TR4 8PZ

3 bed2 bath
£360k

1 Bissoe Cottages, Bissoe

TR4 8SU

4 bed1 bath
£310k

1 Beachside Court, Porthtowan

TR4 8GY

2 bed
£414k

1 Chellean Vean, Frogpool

TR4 8SG

4 bed1 bath
£299k

1 Coronation Terrace, Blackwater

TR4 8SY

2 bed1 bath
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Truro district page.
Full Truro report

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

0.5 km

Londis — bus stop.

Closest school

0.5 km

Mount Hawke Academy. 3 schools nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around TR4 8BW from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for TR4 8BW

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.5dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for TR4 8BW

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.1dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Rill Cottage, Banns Road, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8BW. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.