26 Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP
About 26 Castle Street
26 Castle Street is a mid-terrace house in Carlisle (CA3 8TP). It has a recorded floor area of 366 m² (around 3940 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 366 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 11 planning records sit against the property, 9 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include tree works and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2014–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £663,000 is 32.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 19.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2019 for £500,000.
Energy performance
26 Castle Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Oct 2023
EPC Rating
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Planning history
26 Castle Street has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
11 applications on record at 26 Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP
- Nov 2008Change Of UseFullOutcome in report
Change Of Use From Offices To Hairdressing And Beauty Salon
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/0935
- More recent applications — locked
- RenovationJul 2025Decision
- Tree WorksJan 2012Decision
+ 8 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 26 Castle Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£663,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.3% per year over 6 years.
£500,000
Growth on file: 1.3% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
16 December 2019Most recent
£500,000
+8.0%over 5 years31 January 2014
£463,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CA3 8TP: £87,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in CA3 8TP
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£87,000Castle Court, Flat 2, Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP
Sold Jan 2023
£64,000Castle Court, Flat 9, Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP
Sold Nov 2021
£125,000Castle Court, Flat 6, Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP
Sold Jun 2020
£114,000
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Carlisle Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.5 km
Trinity School. 23 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.5dB







