What type of property is Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR?

Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR is a 2-bedroom semi-detached house.

What did Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR sell for?

Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR last sold for £142,700 in June 2022, around 4 years ago. Land Registry has 3 sales on record going back to £32,000 in October 1997. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the price history for Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR?

Across 3 sales between October 1997 and June 2022, Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR rose from £32,000 to £142,700, a change of £110,700. That works out to roughly +6.3% per year compounded over 25 years. Source: HM Land Registry.

How energy efficient is Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR?

The current EPC rating for Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR is C with a score of 76 out of 100, lodged in October 2025. It has improved from a D recorded in March 2009. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

What is the floor area of Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR?

Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (807 sq ft), around 38 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 18% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in CA4 0DR. Source: EPC Register.

How is Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR heated?

The latest EPC at Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR records mains gas as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

Where is Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR located?

Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR sits in Cotehill, Carlisle, Carlisle. It falls within the CA4 postcode district.

How safe is the area around Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR?

Police records around Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 8 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 50% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

Which schools serve Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR?

The closest primary school to Orchard Cottage, Back Street, CA4 0DR is Cumwhinton School (2.7km).

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Orchard Cottage, Back Street, Cotehill, Carlisle, CA4 0DR

3 sales on record

Property type

Semi-detached

Bedrooms

Bathroom

Floor area

75 m²

807 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 76

Tenure

Owner Occupied

Overview

About Orchard Cottage

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

Orchard Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Cotehill, Carlisle, Carlisle (CA4 0DR). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87).

At 75 m² it's 17.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 9 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £173,000 is 21.2% above the 2022 sale price. Sold June 2022 for £142,700. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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

Outside

Private gardenYes
ParkingAllocated

Building

Heating systemGas

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Energy

Energy performance

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

Current Certificate(1 of 3)

Oct 2025

EPC Rating

C76

Main Heating

Gas

Main Fuel

Gas

Hot Water

Good

Windows

Good

CO2 Emissions

2.0 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Property Improvements

Changes detected from historical EPC data

Jun 2019from Mar 2009

EPC improved fromD65toE54

Oct 2025from Jun 2019

EPC improved fromE54toC76

Windows

Full DoubleHigh Performance

High performance glazing installed

Walls

PoorGood

Wall insulation improved

Roof Insulation

UninsulatedWell Insulated

Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+

Low Energy Lighting

0%100%

More low energy lighting installed

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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraSemi-Detached HouseEPC CPre-1919 buildExtended multiple times (2+ extensions)

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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Orchard Cottage, Back Street, Cotehill, Carlisle, CA4 0DR, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Orchard Cottage has no planning applications on record.

But the area is active

1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.

Price

Sales history & valuation

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

Orchard Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.

Current estimate

£173,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 25 years.

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Last sold (2022)

£142,700

Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 25 years.

Sales timeline

26 June 2022Most recent
£142,700
+15.5%over 2 years
24 July 2019
£123,500
+285.9%over 21 years
31 October 1997
£32,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in CA4 0DR: £195,000 (2025–2018).

Nearby sales in CA4 0DR

On the street

Versus other Back Street homes

Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Orchard Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£1,903

Street avg £2,030

Above

Floor Area

75 m²

Street avg 98 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

3 rooms

Street avg 5 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

2.0 t/year

Street avg 5.2 t/year

Strongly above

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Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.

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3 bed2 bath

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1 Hawthorne Cottage, Low Hesket

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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 Carlisle district page.

Full Carlisle report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Closest school

2.7 km

Cumwhinton School. 1 school nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CA4 0DR from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

46.5dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for CA4 0DR

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

36.9dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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FAQ

Common questions

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