Sorrel Cottage, Chapel Town, Summercourt, Newquay, TR8 5AH
About Sorrel Cottage
Sorrel Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Summercourt, Newquay, Newquay (TR8 5AH). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on bottled lpg. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 91 m² it's 16.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 9 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £371,000 is 12.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£337/sq ft) was about 109.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £330,300. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Sorrel Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Sorrel Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£371,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.3% per year over 4 years.
£330,300
Growth on file: 12.3% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
30 August 2021Most recent
£330,300
+64.3%over 4 years18 May 2017
£201,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in TR8 5AH: £222,750 (2022–2017).
Nearby sales in TR8 5AH
1 Chapel Town, Summercourt, Newquay, TR8 5AH
Sold Aug 2022
£135,000Pen Y Thon, Chapel Town, Summercourt, Newquay, TR8 5AH
Sold Jan 2021
£500,000Little Resparva Farm, The Mowhay, Chapel Town, Summercourt, Newquay, TR8 5AH
Sold Nov 2018
£150,000Rosvean, Chapel Town, Summercourt, Newquay, TR8 5AH
Sold Aug 2017
£275,000Rose House, Chapel Town, Summercourt, Newquay, TR8 5AH
Sold May 2017
£228,000
Versus other Chapel Town homes
Sorrel Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,630
Street avg £1,892
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Clock Garage — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Summercourt Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.2dB







