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Old Inn Cottage, Mingoose, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8BX

4 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Habitable rooms
9
From EPC
Floor area
144 m²
1550 sq ft
Energy rating
F
Score 23
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Old Inn Cottage

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

Old Inn Cottage is a semi-detached house in Mount Hawke, Truro, Truro (TR4 8BX). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, an extension, a porch and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 144 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (192 m² median across 10 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 2021–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 30% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £594,000 is 14.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£335/sq ft) was about 60.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £520,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Energy

Energy performance

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

Old Inn Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
F
F23
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
18.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Old Inn Cottage, Mingoose, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8BX, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Old Inn Cottage has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.

  1. Jan 2024
    RenovationOutline
    In report

    Pre-application advice for refurbishment and repair of Grade II listed cottage and replacement garden building.

    Agent
    CAD Heritage
    Listed
    Documents
    2 docs on file
    Reference
    PA22/01811/PREAPP
    View planning record
  2. Nov 2023
    AnnexFull
    In report

    Proposed replacement self-contained ancillary accommodation within the context of a Listed Building.

    Agent
    CAD Architects Limited - Truro
    Listed
    Documents
    12 docs on file
    Reference
    PA23/04265
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

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

Old Inn Cottage changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.

Current estimate

£594,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 30.0% per year over 1 year.

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Last sold (2022)

£520,000

Growth on file: 30.0% per year over 1 year.

Sales timeline

  1. 13 April 2022Most recent

    £520,000

    +30.0%over 11 months
  2. 16 May 2021

    £400,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in TR4 8BX: £445,000 (2024–2010).

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On the street

Versus other Mingoose homes

Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Old Inn Cottage is notably below the street on years held.

Price per m²

£3,611

Street avg £2,997

Above

Floor Area

144 m²

Street avg 178 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

9 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

18.0 t/year

Street avg 10.1 t/year

Below
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.

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

0.6 km

Victory Inn — bus stop.

Closest school

1.4 km

Mount Hawke Academy. 2 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 8BX from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for TR4 8BX

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

43.3dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for TR4 8BX

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.8dB

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

Common questions

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