High Crag, Gale Rigg, Ambleside, LA22 0AZ
About High Crag
High Crag is a three-bedroom detached house in Ambleside (LA22 0AZ). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 128 m² it's 21.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (106 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2019. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £850,000 is 29.3% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£477/sq ft) was about 21.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2019 at £657,500.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
High Crag 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Nov 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2019RenovationFullIn report
Replacement balcony and replace existing windows with powder coated aluminium windows and doors, colour RAL 7016 Anthracite
- Council
- South Lakeland
New Windows- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2019/5547
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
High Crag valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£850,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£657,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 January 2019Most recent
£657,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 0AZ: £550,000 (2022–2016).
Nearby sales in LA22 0AZ
Rock Garth, Gale Rigg, Ambleside, LA22 0AZ
Sold Nov 2022
£825,000Amaryllis, Gale Rigg, Ambleside, LA22 0AZ
Sold Oct 2022
£590,000Edgecroft, Gale Rigg, Ambleside, LA22 0AZ
Sold May 2019
£550,000Briar Cragg, Gale Rigg, Ambleside, LA22 0AZ
Sold Dec 2016
£535,000Greenways, Gale Rigg, Ambleside, LA22 0AZ
Sold Sept 2016
£345,000
Everything we know about High Crag, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Gale Rigg homes
High Crag is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£5,137
Street avg £4,582
Floor Area
128 m²
Street avg 118 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 6.6 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.
Nearest stop
1.1 km
Ambleside Waterhead Ferry Landing — ferry terminal.
Closest school
0.5 km
Ambleside CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB