Cox Hill House, Cox Hill, Chacewater, Truro, TR4 8LY
About Cox Hill House
Cox Hill House is a detached house in Chacewater, Truro, Truro (TR4 8LY). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2012 onwards. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg.
Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in December 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £352,000 sits 160.7% above the 1998 sale of £135,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£190/sq ft) was about 31.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (143 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include 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
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2014AnnexFullIn report
Proposed replacement of an existing wooden storage building with a timber chalet to be used as an annex ancillary to the dwellinghouse
- Agent
- Montagu Town Planning
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- PA14/07172
- Jun 2014FullIn report
Replacement of wooden building with a new Park home chalet for residential use.
- Agent
- design solutions
- Documents
- 23 docs on file
- Reference
- PA14/02941
What's in Cox Hill House, Cox Hill, Chacewater, Truro, TR4 8LY's planning history?
1 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Cox Hill House has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£352,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£135,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
2 December 1998Most recent
£135,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR4 8LY: £260,000 (2025–2018).
Nearby sales in TR4 8LY
Wheal Bush Cottage, Cox Hill, Chacewater, Truro, TR4 8LY
Sold Apr 2025
£280,0001 2, Cox Hill, Chacewater, Truro, TR4 8LY
Sold Feb 2021
£110,000Cox Hill Farm, Cox Hill, Chacewater, Truro, TR4 8LY
Sold Jul 2019
£300,000Blanchlands, Cox Hill, Chacewater, Truro, TR4 8LY
Sold Apr 2019
£120,000Essondale Cottage, Cox Hill, Chacewater, Truro, TR4 8LY
Sold Jun 2018
£260,000
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Versus other Cox Hill homes
Years Held for Cox Hill House runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,045
Street avg £1,947
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.9 t/year
Street avg 8.6 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
0.1 km
Truro Tractors — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Chacewater Community Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB