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Get startedYew Cottage is a detached house in Dacre, Penrith, Penrith (CA11 0HH). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (171 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.
Yew Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Demolition of garage and creating new parking space (resubmission of 7/2016/3060)
Yew Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£334,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Floor Area for Yew Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
46 (E)
Street avg 49 (E)
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 248 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 13.7 t/year
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.
Nearest stop
2.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Wall insulation improved
Roof insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
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Demolition of garage and creating new parking space
Median price across the last 5 sales in CA11 0HH: £550,000 (2024–2004).
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Pooley Bridge Ullswater Ferry Landing — ferry terminal.
Flood risk
Medium
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB