What kind of home is Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL?

Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL is a 2-bedroom semi-detached house.

What did Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL sell for?

Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL last sold for £185,000 in August 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £99,000 in June 2013. Source: HM Land Registry.

Has Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL appreciated in value?

Across 3 sales between June 2013 and August 2022, Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL rose from £99,000 to £185,000, a change of £86,000. That works out to roughly +7.1% per year compounded over 9 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

What energy rating does Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL have?

The current EPC rating for Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL is D with a score of 59 out of 100, lodged in March 2013. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

How big is Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL?

Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (1,346 sq ft), around 63 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 40% larger than the median EPC-recorded property in CA17 4QL. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL use?

The latest EPC at Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL?

Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL is in council tax band C.

Which area is Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL in?

Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL sits in Kirkby Stephen. It falls within the CA17 postcode district in Cumbria.

Is Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL in a safe area?

Police records around Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL show an average of 3 reported crimes per month over the last 5 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 29% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL?

The closest primary school to Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL is Kirkby Stephen Primary School (256m). The closest secondary is Kirkby Stephen Grammar School (273m).

What is the nearest station to Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL?

The closest rail stop to Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, CA17 4QL is Kirkby Stephen Rail Station, 2.3km away.

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Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4QL

3 sales on record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

125 m²

1345 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 59

Council tax

Band C

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About Craven Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Craven Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Kirkby Stephen (CA17 4QL). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2013–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £232,000 is 25.4% above the 2022 sale price. Last sale on file: £185,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1
Dining roomYes
Utility roomYes

Outside

ParkingOff road

Building

RefurbishedYes

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Craven Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 19 Mar 2023

EPC Rating

D59

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

6.1 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Craven Cottage, Faraday Road, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4QL, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Craven Cottage has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

2applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Craven Cottage changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.

Current estimate

£232,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 9 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£185,000

Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 9 years.

Sales timeline

1 August 2022Most recent
£185,000
+68.2%over 9 months
25 October 2021
£110,000
+11.1%over 8 years
27 June 2013
£99,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CA17 4QL: £157,500 (2025–2021).

Nearby sales in CA17 4QL

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On the street

Versus other Faraday Road homes

Four headline reads against 16 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for Craven Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£1,480

Street avg £1,762

Strongly below

Floor Area

125 m²

Street avg 101 m²

Strongly above

Habitable Rooms

5 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

6.1 t/year

Street avg 4.8 t/year

Below

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Kirkby Stephen district page.

Full Kirkby Stephen report

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

2.3 km

Kirkby Stephen Rail Station — railway station.

Closest school

0.3 km

Kirkby Stephen Primary School. 2 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CA17 4QL from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.4dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CA17 4QL

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.2dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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FAQ

Common questions

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