Thistle Villa, Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DB
About Thistle Villa
Thistle Villa is a mid-terrace house in Ambleside (LA22 0DB). It has a recorded floor area of 208 m² (around 2239 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 3-band jump.
At 208 m² the property is well over the postcode median (32 m² across 22 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. Today's modelled estimate of £694,000 is 26.2% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £550,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Thistle Villa sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Thistle Villa has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£694,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£550,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 January 2021Most recent
£550,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 0DB: £520,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in LA22 0DB
Elder Grove, Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DB
Sold Mar 2025
£1,000,000Unit C, 101 Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DB
Sold Jul 2022
£520,000Beck Grove Cottage, Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DB
Sold Jul 2018
£480,000Ambwray, Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DB
Sold Aug 2017
£395,000Highfield, Lake Road, Ambleside, LA22 0DB
Sold Mar 2016
£532,000
Everything we know about Thistle Villa, 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 Lake Road homes
Thistle Villa is notably below the street on years held.
Price per m²
£2,644
Street avg £3,475
Floor Area
208 m²
Street avg 64 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
21.0 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.1 km
Ambleside Waterhead Ferry Landing — ferry terminal.
Closest school
0.3 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
50.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB