Barras Side Cottage, Barras, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4ET
About Barras Side Cottage
Barras Side Cottage is a detached house in Barras, Kirkby Stephen, Kirkby Stephen (CA17 4ET). It has a recorded floor area of 116 m² (around 1249 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2020 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2023) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 110). Main heating runs on oil: heating oil.
At 116 m² it sits well below the postcode median (181 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Barras Side Cottage ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2020Demolition And RebuildFullIn report
Demolition of the existing 2 bedroom cottage and pre-fabricated garage and construction of a new 3 bedroom cottage with new garage and storage building.
- Reference
- 19/0687
- Apr 2017Demolition And RebuildFullIn report
Demolition of the existing two bedroom cottage and pre-fabricated garage and construction of a new three bedroom cottage with new garage and storage building.
- Reference
- 17/0165
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Barras Side Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£358,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
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.
Median price across the last 3 sales in CA17 4ET: £325,000 (2021–2007).
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus the street
On epc rating, Barras Side Cottage stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
85 (B)
Street avg 29 (F)
Floor Area
116 m²
Street avg 170 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.2 t/year
Street avg 16.5 t/year
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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
44.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB