Canal Cottage, Cockerham Road, Bay Horse, Lancaster, LA2 0HE
About Canal Cottage
Canal Cottage is a detached house in Bay Horse, Lancaster, Lancaster (LA2 0HE). It has a recorded floor area of 217 m² (around 2336 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 217 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 13 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.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Canal Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Canal Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
Canal Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£519,000
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 5 sales in LA2 0HE: £270,000 (2025–2015).
Nearby sales in LA2 0HE
Richmond Barn, Cockerham Road, Bay Horse, Lancaster, LA2 0HE
Sold May 2025
£270,000Richmond Dell, Cockerham Road, Bay Horse, Lancaster, LA2 0HE
Sold Jul 2022
£260,000Bloomfield, Cockerham Road, Bay Horse, Lancaster, LA2 0HE
Sold Mar 2021
£140,000Richmond Farm, Wysteria Cottage, Cockerham Road, Bay Horse, Lancaster, LA2 0HE
Sold Jan 2018
£307,000Richmond Croft, Cockerham Road, Bay Horse, Lancaster, LA2 0HE
Sold Apr 2015
£446,000
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Versus other Cockerham Road homes
Canal Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
25 (F)
Street avg 63 (D)
Floor Area
217 m²
Street avg 120 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Pennine Garage — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Forton Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB