Higher Bissoe Barns, Bissoe, Truro, TR4 8SX
About Higher Bissoe Barns
Higher Bissoe Barns is a detached house in Bissoe, Truro, Truro (TR4 8SX). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1504 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2011) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from August 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since January 2004, a hold of 22 years that's notably long for the area. Today's modelled estimate of £886,000 sits 68.8% above the 2004 sale of £525,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, 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
Higher Bissoe Barns's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Aug 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
Higher Bissoe Barns has an approved extension on the planning record.
- May 2004ConservatoryFullIn report
Erection of detached conservatory to side garden sites: 200615,
Extension- Reference
- C1/PA20/0629/04/R
What's in Higher Bissoe Barns, Bissoe, Truro, TR4 8SX's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Higher Bissoe Barns valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£886,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£525,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
12 January 2004Most recent
£525,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR4 8SX: £240,000 (2021–1998).
Nearby sales in TR4 8SX
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Versus the street
On years held, Higher Bissoe Barns stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,756
Street avg £2,970
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.0 t/year
Street avg 9.7 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
0.4 km
Phone Box — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Cusgarne Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB