Birkthwaite Cottage, Wreay, Carlisle, CA4 0RZ
About Birkthwaite Cottage
Birkthwaite Cottage is a detached house in Wreay, Carlisle, Carlisle (CA4 0RZ). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows an F (score 24), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 26 years, with the last transfer in July 2000. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £285,000 sits 470% above the 2000 sale of £50,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£36/sq ft) was about 76.3% below the postcode norm.
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Energy performance
Birkthwaite Cottage 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Jan 2023
EPC Rating
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Level 3 Building Survey
Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
Birkthwaite 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.
Sales history & valuation
Birkthwaite Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£285,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£50,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 July 2000Most recent
£50,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CA4 0RZ: £238,500 (2020–2012).
Nearby sales in CA4 0RZ
Petteril Crooks Mill, Wreay, Carlisle, CA4 0RZ
Sold Jan 2020
£580,0002 Birkthwaite Mews, Wreay, Carlisle, CA4 0RZ
Sold Jun 2017
£325,0001 Birkthwaite Mews, Wreay, Carlisle, CA4 0RZ
Sold Sept 2016
£184,0005 Birkthwaite Mews, Wreay, Carlisle, CA4 0RZ
Sold Feb 2014
£238,500Birkthwaite House, Wreay, Carlisle, CA4 0RZ
Sold Jul 2008
£400,000
Versus the street
On price per m², Birkthwaite Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£388
Street avg £1,838
Floor Area
129 m²
Street avg 150 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.5 t/year
Street avg 8.0 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.2 km
Wreay Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB