2 Grove Cottages, High Street, Brough, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4BT

2 Grove Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brough, Kirkby Stephen, Kirkby Stephen (CA17 4BT). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on oil.

Held since June 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (146 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2002–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £146,000 is 46% above the 2009 sale price.