Maranatha Cottage, Barras, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4ES
About Maranatha Cottage
Maranatha Cottage is a semi-detached house in Barras, Kirkby Stephen, Kirkby Stephen (CA17 4ES). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1765 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a G (score 3), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 6-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.
Across 2004–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £268,000 sits 168% above the 2024 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£57/sq ft) was about 62.4% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 164 m² it's 17.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (199 m² median across 3 EPCs). Last sale on file: £100,000 in August 2024.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Maranatha Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2004ConservatoryFullIn report
Conservatory extension and detached garage.
Extension- Reference
- 04/0896
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Maranatha Cottage's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£268,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -2.4% per year over 21 years.
£100,000
Growth on file: -2.4% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
15 August 2024Most recent
£100,000
-39.4%over 20 years30 January 2004
£165,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CA17 4ES: £275,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in CA17 4ES
Oxenthwaite Cottage, Barras, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4ES
Sold Mar 2025
£640,000Mouth Lock Cottage, Barras, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4ES
Sold Aug 2024
£275,000Shepherds View, Barras, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4ES
Sold Nov 2023
£80,000Mouthlock Centre, Barras, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4ES
Sold Aug 2020
£205,000Meadow Barn, Barras, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4ES
Sold Nov 2017
£380,000
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus the street
On epc rating, Maranatha Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
3 (G)
Street avg 26 (F)
Floor Area
164 m²
Street avg 170 m²
CO₂ Emissions
20.0 t/year
Street avg 17.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB