Waterbarrow House, Cunsey, Ambleside, LA22 0LT
About Waterbarrow House
Waterbarrow House is a detached house in Cunsey, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 0LT). It has a recorded floor area of 262 m² (around 2820 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in February 2022 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 262 m² the property is well over the postcode median (179 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Waterbarrow House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Planning history
Waterbarrow House has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Jan 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Internal reconfiguration, external renovation with a rear first floor roof extension
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 28 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2021/5886
- Jul 2015ConditionsIn report
Variation of condition no. 4 of planning approval ref 7/2011/5181 relating to location of treatment plant
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2015/5352
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Waterbarrow House has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£907,000
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 LA22 0LT: £785,000 (2022–2015).
Nearby sales in LA22 0LT
Waterbarrow Cottage, Cunsey, Ambleside, LA22 0LT
Sold Apr 2022
£1,075,000The Bield, Cunsey, Ambleside, LA22 0LT
Sold Sept 2019
£500,000Overbeck House, Cunsey, Ambleside, LA22 0LT
Sold Oct 2016
£785,0001 Cunsey House, Cunsey, Ambleside, LA22 0LT
Sold May 2015
£375,000The Barn, Cunsey, Ambleside, LA22 0LT
Sold Jun 2008
£365,000
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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
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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
1.7 km
Far Sawrey Windermere Ferry Terminal — ferry terminal.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB