2 Brown Cow Cottages, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0PH
About 2 Brown Cow Cottages
2 Brown Cow Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hawkshead, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 0PH). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2021. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump.
Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in March 2004. Today's modelled estimate of £452,000 sits 82.6% above the 2004 sale of £247,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£219/sq ft) was about 51.1% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. 3 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 1 is the typical count.
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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
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenWrap around
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
2 Brown Cow Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Brown Cow Cottages has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Nov 2025RenovationHeritageIn report
Remedial works to alleviate the damp inside the property.
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2025/5345
- Nov 2025RenovationFullIn report
Remedial works to alleviate the damp inside the property
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2025/5344
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Sales history & valuation
2 Brown Cow Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£452,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£247,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
26 March 2004Most recent
£247,500
Median price across the last 4 sales in LA22 0PH: £258,750 (2018–2002).
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- 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.
Closest school
0.2 km
Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB