1 Chapel Cottage, Flag Street, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0PE
About 1 Chapel Cottage
1 Chapel Cottage is a semi-detached house in Hawkshead, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 0PE). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 71 m² it's 16.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 3 EPCs).
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2026RenovationHeritageIn report
Replacement of two windows on a like-for-like basis
- Council
- South Lakeland
New Windows- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2025/5582
- Jan 2026RenovationFullIn report
Replacement of two windows on a like-for-like basis
- Council
- South Lakeland
New Windows- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2025/5581
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Chapel Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£347,000
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 3 sales in LA22 0PE: £265,000 (2025–2006).
Everything we know about 1 Chapel Cottage, 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 Flag Street homes
EPC Rating for 1 Chapel Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
55 (D)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 64 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.5 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.3 km
Hawkshead Esthwaite 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
46.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB