Higher Tywarnhayle Cottage, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8DL
About Higher Tywarnhayle Cottage
Higher Tywarnhayle Cottage is a detached house in Mount Hawke, Truro, Truro (TR4 8DL). It has a recorded floor area of 213 m² (around 2293 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). Main heating runs on bottled lpg.
Untraded for 25 years, with the last transfer in August 2001. Today's modelled estimate of £662,000 sits 542.7% above the 2001 sale of £103,000. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, 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
EPC Rating
Planning history
Higher Tywarnhayle Cottage has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Apr 2016AmendmentIn report
Application for a non-material amendment following the grant of planning permission PA15/04545 (Erection of extension to North East elevation, which is to include two Juliet balconies facing South East). Amendment sought - Additional gallery window proposed on North-East elevation.
- Agent
- Oakes Drafting Services Ltd
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- PA16/02860
- Mar 2016AmendmentIn report
Non-material amendment following grant of planning permission PA15/04545 (Erection of extension to North East elevation, which is to include two Juliet balconies facing South East)
- Agent
- Oakes Drafting Services Ltd
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- PA16/01559
What's in Higher Tywarnhayle Cottage, Mount Hawke, Truro, TR4 8DL's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Higher Tywarnhayle Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£662,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£103,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
14 August 2001Most recent
£103,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in TR4 8DL: £432,500 (2017–2017).
Everything we know about Higher Tywarnhayle Cottage, 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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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
0.8 km
Church Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 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
41.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB