Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get startedVirginia Cottage, Portinscale, Keswick, CA12 5RF
3 sales on record
About Virginia Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Virginia Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Portinscale, Keswick, Keswick (CA12 5RF). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90). The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £574,000 is 10.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£435/sq ft) was about 15.3% below the postcode norm. At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £520,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Feb 2026
Current Certificate(1 of 3)
Feb 2016
EPC Rating
A
B
C
C76
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
3.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Virginia Cottage has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£574,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 23 years.
Last sold (2022)
£520,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Keswick district page.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CA12 5RF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.9dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 8 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
Curated scenic spots within reach of this postcode, served by Beautifulplaces.ai. Photography and tagging come from their open dataset.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Virginia Cottage, Portinscale, Keswick, CA12 5RF. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.