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Get startedSmithy Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Blencow, Penrith, Penrith (CA11 0DB). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
It hasn't traded since July 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. Today's modelled estimate of £252,000 sits 221% above the 2001 sale of £78,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£109/sq ft) was about 41.7% below the postcode norm. At 67 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.
Smithy Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
A a single-storey rear extension application was refused at Smithy Cottage in 2025.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
First floor rear extension to provide bathroom facilities for disabled persons. Re-submission of 2025/0430/HOU.
Smithy Cottage's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£252,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£78,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Smithy Cottage is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,172
Street avg £2,160
Floor Area
67 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
2.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Heating controls changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
First floor rear extension to provide bathroom facilities for disabled persons.
31 July 2001Most recent
£78,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CA11 0DB: £295,000 (2025–2018).
CO₂ Emissions
9.5 t/year
Street avg 8.4 t/year
CA11 0QE
Greystoke Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB
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