Old Inn Cottage, Mingoose, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8BX
About Old Inn Cottage
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 performance
Old Inn Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Old Inn Cottage has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- Jan 2024RenovationOutlineIn 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
- Nov 2023AnnexFullIn 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
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Sales history & valuation
Old Inn Cottage changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£594,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 30.0% per year over 1 year.
£520,000
Growth on file: 30.0% per year over 1 year.
Sales timeline
13 April 2022Most recent
£520,000
+30.0%over 11 months16 May 2021
£400,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR4 8BX: £445,000 (2024–2010).
Nearby sales in TR4 8BX
Mingoose Villa, Mingoose, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8BX
Sold Apr 2024
£800,000Mingoose Vean Barn, Mingoose, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8BX
Sold Sept 2019
£540,000Wayside, Mingoose, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8BX
Sold Nov 2018
£445,000Fernbank, Mingoose, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8BX
Sold Jun 2004
£192,500Shasta Cottage, Mingoose, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8BX
Sold Sept 1999
£88,000
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- Recent ownership pattern worth a look

Versus other Mingoose homes
Old Inn Cottage is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£3,611
Street avg £2,997
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 178 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
18.0 t/year
Street avg 10.1 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
0.6 km
Victory Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
Mount Hawke Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB